Mandarinentenpaar | Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 | 1779-1843 Lotus which is turned to the

which is turned to the right

He was the son of a sculptor and was apprenticed to a lacquer painter at an early age

This idea is not as far-fetched as it might initially seem

It is small

The degree of his high contemporary recognition can be gauged by his frequent participation in national art exhibitions (Bunten)

Mandarinentenpaar | Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 | 1779-1843 Lotus which is turned to theMatsumura Keibun is an outstanding painter in Kyoto in the 19th century. His older half brother Goshun founded the Shj school together with the painter genius Maruyama ky (1733 1795), whose institution produced highly talented painters in Kyoto for a whole century. Keibun was very productive, and his works can still be found in the domestic art trade today. The astonishing thing, however, is that despite his productivity, he actually only created