Gessen (painter)
Gessen ( Japanese 月僊 , nickname Tanke Genzui ( 丹 家 玄 瑞 ); born February 16, 1741 in Nagoya ; died February 25, 1809 ) was a Japanese painter of the middle Edo period .
life and work
Gessen was born in Nagoya to a family that were involved in the brewing of sake . He became a priest of the Jōdo-shū class of Buddhism. He later went to Edo and became a priest in the Zōjō-ji temple . There he studied under Sakurai Sekkan ( 桜 井 雪 館 ; 1705-1790) the style of painting by the monk painter Sesshū . He then moved to Kyoto, lived in Chion-in and became a student of Maruyama Ōkyo . Under the influence of Yosa Buson , he eventually developed his own style. In 1774 Gessen took over the temple Jakushō-ji in Yamada ( province of Ise ) as high priest . With the help of his very good income from painting, he was able to restore the temple's prosperity.
Gessen was excellent at landscape painting and depicting characters. But since his human figures often showed so much poverty and despair, he was called "Beggar Gessen". Among his works, the pictures on sliding doors ( 襖 絵 , Fusuma -e ) in the Myōhō-in in Kyoto are particularly well known . He also left behind printed works, including 3 volumes with the title Ressen together ( 列 仙 図 賛 , 1784).
literature
- Tazawa, Yutaka: Eaten . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
- Laurance P. Roberts: Eat . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ In the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eaten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 月僊 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter of the Middle Edo Period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagoya |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1809 |