25. Go Shun (1752-1811) Shijô (Nanga)
Buson style landscapeSigned: Sha oite Sankadô Son’in haku
Seals: Sompaku noin, Impaku, Sankadô Toshôin (bt)
Technique: sumi and brown on paper 125 x 52,8
Date: 1780s
Mounting: blue and light gtey damask
black wooden rollers, 192 x 66,5
Condition: a few old tears, frayed at the righty top of the mounting otherwise good
Go Shun and Maruyama Ôkyo (1733-95) were the most influential painters of the Kansai district.
In 1772 Go Shun went to Yosa Buson (1716-84) to study Buson’s typical Nanga style as well as haiga, a sketchy painting style related to haiku poetry. In 1782 he took the name Go Shun, reserving his earlier gô Gekkei for haiga paintings.
Ôkyo and Go Shun became good friends. After Ôkyo's death in 1795, Go Shun was asked to take over the Maruyama School but he founded his own, the Shijô School, instead.
Reference:
Itsuo 1982
Rosenfield B.52
Kyoto '98: pp. 278-279
French ‘74 pp. 32-34
Hillier '74 pp. 34-57
Roberts p. 34
Araki pp. 845-850
Price: EUR 3,250 / USD 3,542