Background
Fuko Matsumoto was born as the 3rd son of Matsumoto Soan in Kawachi county of Hitachi Province (Now Inashiki City of Ibaraki Prefecture). He was born on September 14, 1840. His real given name was Toshiro.
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Yamamoto Kosuke image (part, "Takeda Norihiro 4 Final figure")
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Inamuragasaki
Tao Yuanming
Plum and Literary Hack
Sun and Moon (pair)
Two samurai
Fuko Matsumoto
Edit Profile楓湖 松本
also known as
Takatada, Angado
Education
The father who first opposed to become a painter by his son also allowed him to become a painter when he saw how his son was drawing. In 1853, when Fuko was 14 years old, he went to Edo (now Tokyo, Japan) and studied painting under Oki Ichiga, who was an official painter of Tottori Domain. Ichiga was a painter who studied the Kano, the Rinpa and the Nanpin styles, and was good at expressing flowers & birds in deep colors.
Later, when he was 17 years old, Fuko studied painting under Satake Eikai, who was best pupil of Tani Buncho, and, who was an official painter of Hikone Domain.
In addition, Fuko became a disciple of Kikuchi Yosai who was an official painter of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Yosai was the leading painter of historical pictures at that time.
Career
After the Meiji Restoration (1868), Fuko participated in establishing the Japan Art Institute (Nihon Bijutsu-In) in 1898. And he adjudicated the Bunten Exhibitions from the first holding to the 4th.
Fuko was good at painting historical pictures as same as his master Kikuchi Yosai. Under the guidance of Eikai Satake and Yosai Kikuchi developed into a reputable painter of historical pictures. Among his important pictures is one depicting the invasion of Japan by the Mongols. He exhibited his works to the 1st Bunten Exhibition, the 4th Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai Exhibition and others.
Founded Toyo Kaigakai (Oriental Paintiug Association) in 1886 and then helped to form Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Academy) in 1898 and was appointed a judge for official art exhibitions.
Fuko passed away on June 22 of 1923 at the age of 84.
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In 1919, he became a member of the Imperial Art Academy (Teikoku Bijutsu-In).
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Zenshō-an, Tokyo, Japan -
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