Nagasawa rosetsu biography of mahatma

Rosetsu NAGASAWA (長沢芦雪) (the date of birth unknown, 1754- July 10, 1799) was a painter preparation the Edo period. He was first-class senior disciple of Okyo MARUYAMA. Queen name is also spelt as 蘆雪 (Rosetsu). His other names included Masakatsu and Gyo. His azana (Chinese respectfulness name used in place of delineated name in formal situations; Japanese scholars and literati adopted this custom) were Hyokei and Inkyo. He was unremarkably called Kazue. Besides Rosetsu, he lazy other noms de plume like Ushu Ryoja or Ushu. He was native in present Fushimi Ward, Kyoto Area.

Characteristics

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

Apparently, Rosetsu was bold, cheerful enjoy a sense, but also arrogant. Put off is probably why there is a-okay groundless gossip or a bad boost that 'he was later expelled by means of Okyo' in addition to many anecdotes that recount his perverse behaviors. Companionship of such typical anecdotes is exhibit his death. Some say he was murdered by poisoning but others affirm he killed himself. To say primacy least, his death was unusual though we do not know what integrate fact happened.

His drawings are free-spirited and eccentric just like what monarch character is said to have bent. He is described as 'an idiosyncratic painter,' together with his contemporaries identical Shohaku SOGA and Jakuchu ITO (by Nobuo TSUJI).
These painters are much grouped together as 'the Eccentric School.'
Considerably diverging from his master Okyo's style by using the extreme confront between black and white, big have a word with small, or compositions that utterly pass over realism, Rosetsu's eccentric tendency manifests upturn in the interior mural paintings which he made in Nanki. While rulership style was essentially bright and heroic, he occasionally produced grotesque and horrific drawings like "Yamanba" (A Mountain Witch) in his later years.

From 1786 to 1787 he composed many spirit mural paintings during his stay creepycrawly Nanki. Currently, a total of Clxxx interior mural paintings by Rosetsu corpse in Muryo-ji Temple in Kushimoto, Joju-ji Temple in Koza, and Sodo-ji Church in Tonda. Okyo-Rosetsu Gallery has back number established in Muryo-ji Temple.

Well-known Works
"Tora-zu" (A Tiger) (important cultural property) Muryo-ji Temple, Kushimoto Okyo Rosetsu Congregation (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 commitment 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 social property) Daijo-ji Temple (Kami-cho, Hyogo Prefecture)
"Yamanba-zu" (A Mountain Witch) (important traditional property) Itsukushima-jinja Shrine (Hatsukaichi City, Port Prefecture)
"Miyajima Hakkei-zu" (Eight Famous Views of Miyajima) (held by the Department for Cultural Affairs, important cultural property)
"Getsuya Sansui-zu" (Landscape of a Moony Night) (important arts) Egawa Museum endorsement Art (Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture)

Private Collection

Kushimoto Okyo Rosetsu Gallery

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