Matsumura Keibun

Matsumura Keibun
Quail Feeding Among the Susuki and Kikyō (folding screen)
Born1779
Kyōto
DiedMay 25, 1843(1843-05-25) (aged 63–64)
Kyōto
OccupationPainter

Matsumura Keibun (Japanese: 松村 景文) (1779, Kyōto - 25 May 1843, Kyōto) was a Japanese painter.

Life and work

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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 [ja], 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 [ja], a Tendai temple in Kyōto which was usually assigned to an Imperial prince. After his death, he was initially interred at the Daitsū-ji [ja], 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Beerens, Anna (2006). Friends, Acquaintances, Pupils and Patrons: Japanese Intellectual Life in the Late Eighteenth Century : a Prosopographical Approach. Amsterdam University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-90-8728-001-7.
  2. ^ a b "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Stingray, Sea Bream and Needle Fish, Matsumura Keibun (1779–1843) | Edo-Period Japanese Paintings at the Honolulu Museum of Art". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. ^ Morrison, Arthur (1902). The Painters of Japan. p. 126.
  5. ^ "View of Uji river and the Byodo-in Temple". localhost. Retrieved 2021-01-07. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.artsbma.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  7. ^ "Plum Blossoms". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  8. ^ "Rain Falling on Cedars". portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  9. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  10. ^ "Folding Screen with Design of Birds and Flowering Grasses | Matsumura Keibun | Profile of Works". TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  11. ^ "Sparrow on a Plum Tree". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  12. ^ "Cranes, Bamboo and Pine". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  13. ^ "Lotus in the Rain, Matsumura Keibun ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  14. ^ "Exchange: Twenty Fruit and Flower Studies". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

Sources

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  • Tazawa, Yutaka: "Matsumura Keibun". In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3.
  • Laurance P. Roberts: "Keibun". In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2.
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