Keigetsu Matsubayashi - Artist Info

About Keigetsu Matsubayashi

  • Biography

    Born in Hagi (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Matsubayashi Keigetsu moved to Tokyo at age 18 and was apprenticed to the celebrated Nanga-style painter Noguchi Yukoku. he first showed his work at the annual exhibition of the Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai (Japan Art Association) in 1897 and was selected for the second Bunten national exhibition in 1908; he would continue to exhibit at the Bunten and its successors throughout most of his long life and was appointed to the Teikoku Bijutsuin (Imperial Art Academy) in 1932.

    Keigetsu was a staunch advocate of the Chinese-influenced Nanga landscape manner and became a leading member of several Nanga associations, including the Nihon Nangain and the Nihon Nanso Gakai.

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