Kawamura Kiyoo

 (1852–1934) was a yōga artist in Meiji to Shōwa Japan.
Life.
Born in Edo in 1852, as a child he began to study under , before moving to Osaka prior to his grandfather's appointment as bugyō (magistrate). Continuing his education under , after returning to Edo he studied for a time with before learning yōga from , in around 1868.
Initially sponsored by Katsu Kaishū, with Tokugawa support he studied political law in America in 1871, travelling the following year to France and Italy. In Venice he turned to the study of painting. Returning to Japan in 1881, he worked for the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau before resigning over a disagreement and opening a school for painting in Kōjimachi.
In 1889 he participated in the formation of the , the first domestic art association to champion western-style painting. Within a decade the association had been eclipsed by Kuroda Seiki's .
Kawamura Kiyoo often painted in western-style oil on traditional Japanese supports of silk and wood. He died in Tenri in 1934.