Matsumura Goshun. Matsumura Goshun, sometimes also referred to as Matsumura Gekkei, was a Japanese painter of the Edo period and founder of the Shijo school of painting.
He was a disciple of the painter and poet Yosa Buson, a master of Japanese southern school painting. Goshun was born into a wealthy family of government officials working in the royal mint as the oldest of six children.His parents wished him to be well educated in the basics of Chinese and Japanese culture and had him tutored in skills such as classical history and literature, calligraphy and painting as well as writing poetry.
Thus he began his education as a painter very early. In those years his masters were painters of the nanga-style, learned scholars of the literati-traditions that had come over from China, among them Yosa Buson who taught Goshun among other things literati-painting and haiku-poetry.
He wasn't immediately successful as a painter but managed to support himself with the aid of Buson, who arranged him to be an advisor on literature for wealthy provincials. In 1781 his career took a turn for the worse when both his wife and his father died and his mentor Buson, himself nearing death was apparently no longer able to support him.
As a result of that he left his residence in the Shijo-district of Kyoto and moved to Ikeda near Ōsaka. During his time in Ikeda he continued to paint in Busons Literati-style yet was
He was a disciple of the painter and poet Yosa Buson, a master of Japanese southern school painting. Goshun was born into a wealthy family of government officials working in the royal mint as the oldest of six children.His parents wished him to be well educated in the basics of Chinese and Japanese culture and had him tutored in skills such as classical history and literature, calligraphy and painting as well as writing poetry.
Thus he began his education as a painter very early. In those years his masters were painters of the nanga-style, learned scholars of the literati-traditions that had come over from China, among them Yosa Buson who taught Goshun among other things literati-painting and haiku-poetry.
He wasn't immediately successful as a painter but managed to support himself with the aid of Buson, who arranged him to be an advisor on literature for wealthy provincials. In 1781 his career took a turn for the worse when both his wife and his father died and his mentor Buson, himself nearing death was apparently no longer able to support him.
As a result of that he left his residence in the Shijo-district of Kyoto and moved to Ikeda near Ōsaka. During his time in Ikeda he continued to paint in Busons Literati-style yet was
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