Matsumura Goshun ( Japanese 松 村 呉 春 , also Matsumura Gekkey 松 村 呉 春 ; April 28, 1752 , Owari - September 4, 1811 , Kyoto ) - Japanese artist, founder of the Shijou school of painting.
Life and work
Gosyun was born in the family of an official of the Imperial Mint of the Kinza ( 金 座 ), was the eldest of his six sons. At the request of his parents, in his youth, he studied Chinese and Japanese cultures, paintings, calligraphy, poetry, classical history and literature. His first teachers were masters of literary painting, who also taught classical Chinese art style. Under their leadership, Gosyun is engaged in haiku poetry, his study with the famous poet and artist Yose Buson was especially successful.
Success did not come immediately to the artist; In this he was helped by the teacher Yose Buson, who introduced Gossiung to wealthy merchants from the provinces who were interested in art and willingly placed orders. The year 1781 was tragic for Matsumura Gosyun - his wife and father passed away, and the teacher Yose Buson became terminally ill and could no longer support his student. In this regard, the artist leaves his home in the Shijo quarter, in Kyoto, and moves to the town of Ikeda near Osaka . During this period, Gosyun paints in the style of his teacher Yosy.
In 1787, Gosyun entered a circle close to the master Maruyame Okyo and worked on decorating the Daijou-ji temple in Hyogo Prefecture . Professional relations between Okyo and Gosyun eventually grew into friendly ones; after the great fire that devastated Kyoto, both artists for some time together took refuge in one of the temples. In 1789, Gosyun returned to Shijou's home district and painted canvases, which also used the Okyo style. At the same time, Okyo himself never called Gosyun his disciple, although in the records of the work of the temple, Daijo-ji Gosyun is listed as the best student of the master Okyo. Okyo considered Gosyun to be his friend of an equal artistic value to him and helped him develop his own, original artistic style, combining the achievements of the Okyo school and literary painting. After the death of Okyo in 1795, Gosyun creates his own Shijou school, in which he draws and teaches until his death.
Literature
- Mason, Penelope E. History of Japanese Art, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2004 , ISBN 0-13-117601-3