Matsumura Goshun
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Matsumura Goshun, sometimes also referred to as Matsumura Gekkei, was a Japanese painter of the Edo period and founder of the Shijō school of painting. He was a disciple of the painter and poet Yosa B
Matsumura Goshun; portrait by Tani Bunchō
Hibiscus and blue heron on a tree-stump (1782)
Illustration from Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Nanga (Japanese painting)
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Nanga, also known as Bunjinga, was a school of Japanese painting which flourished in the late Edo period among artists who considered themselves literati, or intellectuals. While each of these artists
Matsumura Goshun
…of the Edo period and founder of the Shijō school of painting. He was a disciple of the painter and poet Yosa Buson (1716–1784), a master of Japanese southern school painting. Goshun was born into a wealthy family of government officials working in the royal mint (jap. kinza 金座) as the oldest of six children. His parents…
Fishing in Spring by Ike no Taiga
A bluegreen landscape by Tani Buncho, 1807
Sargent Juniper arranged in the bunjin style
Bunjinbana flower arrangement