Harada Naojirō

Harada Naojirō (原田 直次郎; 12 October 1863 – 26 December 1899) was a Japanese painter who specialized in the yōga (Western) style. He was a friend of the novelist Mori Ōgai and served as the model for the protagonist in Ōgai's short story A Sad Tale (1890).