GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) was born in Tamba province (modern Hyogo Prefecture in the southern part of the main island of Japan) to a low ranking samurai, or warrior, family. In his twenties he moved to Kyoto where he worked under Maruyama Okyo, founder of the Maruyama school of painting. Rosetsu was recognized for his great talent and was awarded the distinction of being ranked among the top painters in Kyoto. While his earlier works reflect the influence of his teacher, his later works are more individual with fluid brush strokes, expressive use of shading, and bold compositions. These later works display his involvement with Zen as a lay practitioner. He died in Osaka in 1799 purportedly poisoned by a rival.
Jeelan Bilal-Gore, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2014.
Drawn from
- John Rosenfield and Shujiro Shimada,Traditions of Japanese Art, Selections from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection, (Cambridge, MA: Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, 1970), 219.
- Patricia J. Graham, Nagasawa Rosetsu [Gyosha; Inkyo; Kanshu; Rosetsu], Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 26 November 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com:80/subscriber/article/grove/art/T060743
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General Description
Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) was born in Tamba province (modern Hyogo Prefecture in the southern part of the main island of Japan) to a low ranking samurai, or warrior, family. In his twenties he moved to Kyoto where he worked under Maruyama Okyo, founder of the Maruyama school of painting. Rosetsu was recognized for his great talent and was awarded the distinction of being ranked among the top painters in Kyoto. While his earlier works reflect the influence of his teacher, his later works are more individual with fluid brush strokes, expressive use of shading, and bold compositions. These later works display his involvement with Zen as a lay practitioner. He died in Osaka in 1799 purportedly poisoned by a rival.
Jeelan Bilal-Gore, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2014.
Drawn from
- John Rosenfield and Shujiro Shimada,Traditions of Japanese Art, Selections from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection, (Cambridge, MA: Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, 1970), 219.
- Patricia J. Graham, Nagasawa Rosetsu [Gyosha; Inkyo; Kanshu; Rosetsu], Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 26 November 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com:80/subscriber/article/grove/art/T060743
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