Goseda Yoshimatsu (Japanese: , June 12, 1855 – September 4, 1915) was a Japanese painter mainly active in the Meiji era (1868–1912).

Biography

In 1855, he was born in Edo, as a second son of who was a

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painter. In 1865, he became Charles Wirgman's pupil. In 1874, he was employed at Imperial Japanese Army Academy as a picture teacher by recommendation of

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. In 1876, he entered and became

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's pupil. In 1877, he left the school and won the Hōmon Prize () in Yōga section of the first with Abekawa Fuji Zu (阿部川富士図). From 1878, he accompanied an to Hokuriku and Tokai as an attendant painter of

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. In 1880, he went to France and became

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's pupil. In 1882, his work was accepted for the

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, a famous exhibition. He is the first Japanese painter who was accepted for the Salon. In 1889, he returned to Japan via the United States of America and participated in the establishment of the . He participated in the

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. In 1915, he died in his own home in Yokohama.

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五姓田義松 suisai
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新書紹介『明治の宮廷画家―五姓田義松』

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Yōga painters Imperial Japanese Army Academy alumni People from Musashi Province Painters from Tokyo 1855 births 1915 deaths 19th-century Japanese painters 20th-century Japanese painters {{Japan-artist-stub

Biography

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