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Born | 1779 |
Died | May 25, 1843 | (aged 63–64)
Occupation | Painter |
Matsumura Keibun ( Japanese: 松村 景文) (1779, Kyōto - 25 May 1843, Kyōto) was a Japanese painter.
His father died when he was two years old. [1] He was younger half-brother to Matsumura Goshun, [2] [3] [4] founder of the Shijō school, and received his first art lessons from him. He exhibited his works as early as 1796, under the auspices of Minagawa Kein , a showing which included calligraphy. Keibun inherited Goshun's studio when he died in 1811. [1] By 1813, he was listed in a directory of Kyōto's most notable citizens.
In 1818, for the seventh anniversary of his half-brother's death, he staged an exhibition of his works. In 1829, he painted a group of birds on the ceiling inside of the "Naginata-Hoko" (長刀鉾; roughly, Long Sword Halberd), one of the floats for the Gion Matsuri (festival), which is still in use today.
In 1830, he published an illustrated book; "Go Keibun gafu" (呉景文画譜, Keibun's Art of Painting), which was a significant contribution to establishing Goshun's style. He also served as Chief Priest at the Myōhō-in , a Tendai temple in Kyōto which was usually assigned to an Imperial prince. After his death, he was initially interred at the Daitsū-ji , an Ōtani-ha temple, but was later moved to the Konpuku-ji, a more prestigious Zen temple.
His style is similar to Goshun's, but somewhat lighter and what, in Western art, would be called manneristic. His best known works are a set of fusumas (sliding doors) in Myōhō–ji, a Nichiren temple, which are called Shiki kōsaku-zu (四季耕作図; roughly, "Cultivation in the Four Seasons"). He also specialized in paintings of birds and flowers. [3]
His work is kept in several museums, including the British Museum, [2] the Seattle Art Museum, [5] the Birmingham Museum of Art, [6] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [7] the Portland Art Museum, [8] the Brooklyn Museum, [9] the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, [10] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [11] the Indianapolis Museum of Art, [12] the Minneapolis Institute of Art, [13] the University of Michigan Museum of Art, [14] and the Honolulu Museum of Art. [3]
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