Fun fact 1⃣

The #Taiwanese painter originally went by the Japanese name Sasaburo Yo (楊佐三郎), shortening it to the Mandarin-style Yang San-lang (楊三郎) in 1945 after the war.

L: Moonlight in southern #Taiwan http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=249006&id=0005940645&proj=MOC_IMD_001#
R: Southern Yushan http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=249384&id=0005941023&proj=MOC_IMD_001#
Fun fact 2⃣

After saving money from helping at his family's tea house and Lunar New Year red envelopes, a 15-yr-old Yang ran away, boarding a Japan-bound freighter in 1922 to pursue the arts.

L: #Keelung Post Office http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=249284&id=0005940923&proj=MOC_IMD_001#
R: 1962 Kansai http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=248949&id=0003044719&proj=MOC_IMD_001#
3⃣

His parents forgave him and lent their support to his artistic endeavors. His foreign education and travel records, however, drew the wrong kind of attention during the #WhiteTerror.

Lake Towada, Japan
L: 1988 http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=69723&id=tdg0722b&proj=MOC_IMD_025#
R: Undated autumn http://nrch.culture.tw/view.aspx?keyword=%E8%A8%98%E6%86%B6%E5%BA%AB&s=249359&id=0005940998&proj=MOC_IMD_001
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