Goseda Yoshimatsu (Japanese: 五姓田義松, June 12, 1855 – September 4, 1915) was a Japanese painter mainly active in the Meiji era (1868–1912).

Self-portrait (1877)

Biography

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In 1855, he was born in Edo, as a second son of Goseda Hōriū [ja] who was a Yōga painter. In 1865, he became Charles Wirgman's pupil. In 1874, he was employed at Imperial Japanese Army Academy as a picture teacher by recommendation of Kawakami Tōgai. In 1876, he entered Engineering Technology Art School [ja] and became Antonio Fontanesi's pupil. In 1877, he left the school and won the Hōmon Prize (鳳紋賞) in Yōga section of the first domestic industrial exposition [ja] with Abekawa Fuji Zu (阿部川富士図). From 1878, he accompanied an Imperial tour [ja] to Hokuriku and Tokai as an attendant painter of Emperor Meiji.

In 1880, he went to France and became Léon Bonnat's pupil. In 1882, his work was accepted for the Salon, a famous exhibition. He is the first Japanese painter who was accepted for the Salon. In 1889, he returned to Japan via the United States of America and participated in the establishment of the Meiji Art Society [ja]. He participated in the First Sino-Japanese War. In 1915, he died in his own home in Yokohama.

Noted works

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Name Japanese name Type Number of paints Owner drawn in Note
self-portrait 自画像 oil on canvas 1 The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (ja) 1877
Imperial tour to Hokuriku and Tokai in 1878 明治十一年北陸東海御巡幸図 oil on board 41 Gyobutsu [ja] 1878
portrait of Goseda Hōriū 五姓田芳柳像 oil on canvas 1 The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts 1880
Dress of a doll 人形の着物 oil 1 Kasama Nichido Museum of Art [ja] 1883
Port (Yokohama landscope) Archived September 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine 港(横浜風景) oil on canvas 1 Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama around 1891

See also

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References

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  • 五姓田義松 suisai千葉県立美術館 [ja]
  • "五姓田義松の経歴と作品". Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  • 新書紹介『明治の宮廷画家―五姓田義松』
  • 五姓田義松 – kotobank