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Nagasawa Rosetsu [Gyosha; Inkyo; Kanshu; Rosetsu]
(b Yamashiro, 1754; d Osaka, 1799). Japanese painter. He was born into a low-ranking samurai family of the Yodo clan. When he was about 25, he began to study painting under the founder of the Maruyama school, MARUYAMA OKYO, becoming one of Okyo’s ‘Ten Great Disciples’, but he had achieved independent status by the age of 29. His early works closely resemble those of Okyo, being tight, meticulous representations of birds and flowers, figures and animals, although stylistic differences were already visible. His treatment of the human figure was less idealized and more orthodox than his teacher’s.
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