Yamaguchi Soken
Yamaguchi Soken, also called Takejirō was a Japanese painter of the Shijō school. He was one of the "Ten Great Ones", taught by Maruyama Ōkyo.Life and work
He was the son of a kimono merchant. As a result, he came to specialize in pictures of women, and his skill at painting them became proverbial. He also created landscapes, pictures of birds and flowers and what, in Western art, would be known as genre scenes. Many of these represent the life and customs of Kyoto in a light and witty way.
He also produced illustrated books; including Yamato jimbutsu gafu and Yamato jimbutsu gafu kōhen, as well as a medical text translated from the Dutch. Among his best known works are the fusuma paintings he designed together with Matsumura Keibun, entitled "Summer to Autumn; flowers and birds", which are currently held at the Nezu Museum.
He was interred at the, a Jōdo-shū temple in Kyōto.
