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Matsumura Goshun

21 works

Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811) was a painter.

Matsumura Goshun was born and died in Heian-kyō. The work of Matsumura Goshun is associated with Shijō school. Browse 21 works by Matsumura Goshun from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata

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Six-panel folding screen with ink figures of a dog, courtier, farmer, monks and child beside calligraphy columns.

Scenes from Essays in Idleness

late 1700s-early 1800s

Ink drawing of a monk riding a horse backwards while a striped-robed attendant leads it on a rope.

Monk Renshō Riding His Horse Backwards

after 1782, ca. 1784

Hanging scroll with a striped cat curled at lower right, large bold calligraphy and small inscribed poems beside it.

Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend

18th century

Six-panel screen of pine-covered hills with three figures carrying bundles along a rocky path.

Woodcutters and Fishermen

ca. 1790-95

Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong

Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong

1785

Hanging scroll of a grapevine in grey ink with two large leaves, a cluster of grapes, and a red artist's seal.

Grapevine

after 1790

Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms

c. 1780

Hanging scroll of a crowd of smiling men holding up fish and baskets beneath a misty ink-wash mountain.

Fish Market

1780s

Hanging scroll of robed figures seated in conversation, with calligraphy and a red seal above, in ink and pale color.

Gathering of Poetic Immortals with Poem Drafts

late 1700s

Hanging scroll of a misty forest with gnarled trees, a stream, a thatched pavilion, and robed figures below.

Happy Forest, from Water Margin

late 1700s

Hanging scroll of a bearded figure in a blue robe glancing upward, with calligraphy and a red seal at upper right.

Shoki the Demon Queller

17th to 19th century

Folding screen with ink-brushed mountain peaks and pine trees over gold and silver leaf ground.

Seventy-two Peaks Against the Blue Sky

1785

Hanging scroll of seated figures in ink and light color washes, with calligraphy poem above, by Matsumura Goshun.

A Poetic Gathering

1775

Hanging scroll of a lively crowd of figures reaching up toward a large fish beneath a misty mountain and reeds.

Buying Fish in Xunyang

Three robed men gather at a low table beneath blossoming plum trees, with rocks and a green jar in a painted garden scene.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1800

Ink painting of a seated bald old man with a beard beside vertical calligraphy and a red seal on cream paper.

Fifty Years Old

Ink painting of a grinning comical demon mask with wide round eyes and bared teeth on a pale silk background.

Comical Demon Mask

Hanging scroll of a rider on a brown horse crossing a misty mountain path beneath a gnarled tree with red fruit.

Herb Gatherer in the Mountains

1767

Hanging scroll of bearded men in robes beneath gnarled trees and misty hills, with a small house above, dated 1775.

Water Margin Bandits

1775

Ink painting of the God of Longevity, a bald elderly figure with a long beard seated in loose robes, with a red seal.

God of Longevity

1800

Ink painting on silk of two dark crows perched together on a branch with loose calligraphic brushwork and a red seal.

Two Crows