Goseda Yoshimatsu

Self-portrait (1877)

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).

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, a famous exhibition. 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) Archived September 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine	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