Goseda Yoshimatsu

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

In 1855, he was born in Edo, as a second son of Goseda Hōriū 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 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 with Abekawa Fuji Zu (阿部川富士図). From 1878 he accompanied an Imperial tour 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. 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. He participated in the First Sino-Japanese War. In 1915, he died in his own home in Yokohama.

Noted works
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 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 1883
Port (Yokohama landscope) 港（横浜風景） oil on canvas 1 Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama around 1891

See also
  • Takahashi Yuichi – Charles Wirgman's pupil
  • Goseda Hōriū II – Goseda Yoshimatsu's pupil and husband of Goseda Hōriū's daughter

References
  • 五姓田義松 suisai – 千葉県立美術館
  • "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



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