Mochizuki Gyokusen
Mochizuki Gyokusen ( Japanese 望月 玉蟾 ; born 1692 in Kioto ; died September 8, 1755 ) in Kyoto was a Japanese painter of the middle Edo period .
life and work
Mochizuki Gyokusen was born as the son of a manufacturer of Maki'e (蒔 絵) lacquerware in Kyoto. At the age of five he began studying painting under Tosa Mitsunari (1648–1710), a painter from the Tosa School . He later studied under Yamaguchi Sekkei , also admired the works of Kanō Motonobu .
Later, together with the painter Ike no Taiga , he did everything possible to revive the recognition of Chinese painting in Japan. During the Enkyō era (1744-1747) Gyokusen was ordered to the imperial palace to carry out paintings there. He then worked as an official painter at court.
Not many of Gyokusen's works have survived, but they show that he was one of the most important artists of his time who painted in the “northern style” (北 画). Gyokusen was buried in Daiun-in (大 雲 院) in Kyoto. Exemplary works are by him are the copy "桃源 図" (Tōgen-zu) of the Chinese model in the Hasshu gafu (八種 画布) and "九 老 図" (Kyūrō-zu, The Nine Wise Men) in the Art Museum of Hiroshima Prefecture .
Remarks
- ↑ Tōgen, or more precisely 桃源 郷 (Tōgenkyō), stands in China for a kind of remote world. The work is in the GJSchlenker collection in the USA.
literature
- Tazawa, Yutaka: Mochizuki Gyokusen . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
- Laurance P. Roberts: Gyokusen . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mochizuki, Gyokusen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 望月 玉蟾 (Japanese); Mochizuki Shigemori, Gen (real name); 望月 重 盛, 玄 (real name, Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1692 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyoto |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1755 |
| Place of death | Kyoto |