What is Hirata Shodo?
{{Infobox person | name = Hirata Shōdō | image = Eiji Hirata.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = Shōdō Hirata | birth_name = Eiji Hirata | birth_date = February 2, 1882 | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|01|09|1882|02|02}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}}[[Japanese people|Japanese]] | occupation = [[Painting|Painter]] | training = | alma_mater = [[:ja:東京美術学校(旧制)|Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts]] | notable_works = | movement = [[Nihonga]] | works = | patrons = | awards = | spouse = Shizuko Hirata | parents = | father = [[Hirata Tosuke]] | mother = Hirata Tatsu | relatives = {{unbulleted list |[[Yamagata Isaburō]] (uncle) |[[Yamagata Aritomo]] (Great-uncle) | [[:ja:前田利昭|Maeda Toshiaki]] (father in law)<br />[[Maeda Toshisada]] (brother in law) <br />[[Toshinari Maeda]] (brother in law)<br /> }} | family = [[Masaharu Matsushita]] (son)<br />[[:ja:平田昇|Hirata Noboru]] (brother)<br />[[Masayuki Matsushita]] (grandson)<br />[[Hiro Matsushita]] (grandson) | elected = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} {{Nihongo|'''Shodo Hirata'''|平田松堂}} (February 2, 1882 – January 9, 1971) was a Japanese painter who was active from the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] era to the [[Shōwa period|Showa]] era, mainly in public exhibitions. He studied under [[Kawai Gyokudo]] and was particularly adept at bird and flower painting. ==Early life and Career== Shodo Hirata was born in 1882 in [[Ushigome]], [[Tokyo]]. He was the second son of [[Count]] [[Hirata Tosuke]], who was a Japanese statesman and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active during the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] and [[Taishō period|Taishō]] periods of the [[Empire of Japan]]. After studying under Kawai Gyokudo, he entered the [[:ja:東京美術学校(旧制)|Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts]] in 1901 and g