Keibun Matsumura

Japanese: 松村景文 - まつむら・けいぶん

Year of death: April 26, 1843 (May 25, 1843)
Year of birth: 1779
A painter of the Shijo School in the late Edo period. Also known as Go Keibun. Born in Kyoto. His first name was Naoharu, his pen name was Shimo, his pen name was Kakei, and he was commonly known as Yojin. He was Goshun's half-brother, and learned painting from him. Although he was Goshun's older brother, he was as old as Goshun's father. He lived in Shijo and served at Myoho-in Temple. He was skilled in painting flowers and birds, and although he produced few masterpieces, he was said to be "better than his brother in the beauty of his ink colors." He devoted himself to sketching, and there remain over 40 sketchbooks (owned by the Domoto Museum of Art) in which he painted flowers and other things with light, light brushwork. His "Flock of Birds," which he painted on the ceiling of the Nagatoboku float at the Gion Festival in Kyoto in 1829, raised Keibun's name. He succeeded his brother and brought prosperity to the Shijo School. He died at the age of 65 and was buried next to Goshun's grave at Konpuku-ji Temple. <References> Yoshiro Sakakibara, "Sketchbook of Landscapes," Takeshi Yamakawa, editor, "Collection of Japanese Folding Screen Paintings," Vol. 8

(Motoaki Kono)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天保14.4.26(1843.5.25)
生年：安永8(1779)
江戸後期の四条派の画家。呉景文ともいう。京都の人。初名は直治,字は士藻,号は華渓,通称要人。呉春の異母弟で,彼に画を学んだ。兄といっても呉春とは親子ほど年齢が離れている。四条に住んで,妙法院に出仕した。花鳥画を得意とし,大作は少ないが「墨色の美麗なるは兄に勝る所あり」ともいわれた。写生にはげみ,淡白で軽妙な筆使いで花卉などを描いた四十数冊の写生帳(堂本美術館蔵)が残っている。文政12(1829)年京都祇園会の長刀鉾の天井裏に描いた「群鳥図」は景文の名を高めた。兄のあとを継いで四条派の隆盛をもたらした。65歳で没し,金福寺の呉春墓の側に葬られた。<参考文献>榊原吉郎『景文の写生帳』,山川武編『日本屏風絵集成』8巻

(河野元昭)

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