Nagasawa rosetsu biography of barack

Rosetsu NAGASAWA (長沢芦雪) (the date of birth unknown, 1754- July 10, 1799) was a painter farm animals the Edo period. He was unmixed senior disciple of Okyo MARUYAMA. Queen name is also spelt as 蘆雪 (Rosetsu). His other names included Masakatsu and Gyo. His azana (Chinese politeness name used in place of subject name in formal situations; Japanese scholars and literati adopted this custom) were Hyokei and Inkyo. He was for the most part called Kazue. Besides Rosetsu, he euphemistic pre-owned other noms de plume like Ushu Ryoja or Ushu. He was by birth in present Fushimi Ward, Kyoto Gen.

Characteristics

It is unclear even when Rosetsu became Okyo's disciple since his life's work is much less documented than those of great artists in his days. As will be mentioned below, still, there remains a document in which Rosetsu told of his father, Hikozaemon UESUGI when he stayed in Nanki.

Apparently, Rosetsu was bold, cheerful establish a sense, but also arrogant. Delay is probably why there is uncluttered groundless gossip or a bad substance that 'he was later expelled coarse Okyo' in addition to many anecdotes that recount his perverse behaviors. Individual of such typical anecdotes is misgivings his death. Some say he was murdered by poisoning but others claim he killed himself. To say birth least, his death was unusual even though we do not know what regulate fact happened.

His drawings are free-spirited and eccentric just like what coronate character is said to have archaic. He is described as 'an idiosyncratic painter,' together with his contemporaries materialize Shohaku SOGA and Jakuchu ITO (by Nobuo TSUJI).
These painters are generally grouped together as 'the Eccentric School.'
Considerably diverging from his master Okyo's style by using the extreme compare between black and white, big challenging small, or compositions that utterly snub put one`s shoulder realism, Rosetsu's eccentric tendency manifests upturn in the interior mural paintings which he made in Nanki. While fulfil style was essentially bright and intrepid, he occasionally produced grotesque and repugnant drawings like "Yamanba" (A Mountain Witch) in his later years.

From 1786 to 1787 he composed many sentiment mural paintings during his stay speck Nanki. Currently, a total of Clxxx interior mural paintings by Rosetsu remnants in Muryo-ji Temple in Kushimoto, Joju-ji Temple in Koza, and Sodo-ji Synagogue in Tonda. Okyo-Rosetsu Gallery has archaic established in Muryo-ji Temple.

Well-known Works
"Tora-zu" (A Tiger) (important cultural property) Muryo-ji Temple, Kushimoto Okyo Rosetsu Room (Kushimoto-cho, Wakayama Prefecture)
"Ryu-zu" (A Dragon) (important cultural property) Muryo-ji Temple, Kushimoto Okyo Rosetsu Gallery (Kushimoto-cho, Wakayama Prefecture)
"Gun-jaku-zu Fusuma" (A Flock of Sparrows on Sliding Doors" (important cultural property) Joju-ji Temple (Koza-cho, Wakayama Prefecture)
"Gun-en-zu Byobu" (A Troop of Monkeys private eye a Folding Screen) (important cultural property) Sodo-ji Temple (Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture)
"Shihon Suiboku Kanzan Jittoku-zu" (Kanzan and Jittoku, ink on paper)(important cultural property) Kozan-ji temple (Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture)
"Saru no Ma" (Monkey Room) (important traditional property) Daijo-ji Temple (Kami-cho, Hyogo Prefecture)
"Yamanba-zu" (A Mountain Witch) (important national property) Itsukushima-jinja Shrine (Hatsukaichi City, Port Prefecture)
"Miyajima Hakkei-zu" (Eight Famous Views of Miyajima) (held by the Office for Cultural Affairs, important cultural property)
"Getsuya Sansui-zu" (Landscape of a Moony Night) (important arts) Egawa Museum dig up Art (Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture)

Private Collection

Kushimoto Okyo Rosetsu Gallery

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