Nagasawa Rosetsu

Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754 – 1799) was raised as the son of Uesugi Hikouemon, a samurai of the Sasayama domain in Tanba Province.

At the age of 25, Rosetsu produced “Famous Views of the Higashiyama Mountains” at Okyo’s house.
It is known that he was already a student of Okyo.
From 1786 to 1787, when he stayed in Nanki, he painted many barrier paintings,
Many of his paintings still remain in temples in this area.
In 1799, he died in Osaka.

He is said to have been free-spirited and arrogant, and there are various anecdotes that he was excommunicated by Okyo or poisoned to death, but there are few documents that preserve Roseetsu’s footprints, making him a mysterious figure.
Rosetsu is considered one of the most eccentric painters of all time.