Hōshun Yamaguchi

Hōshun Yamaguchi (山口蓬春, Yamaguchi Hōshun) (1893-1971) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and designer.

Japanese artist, Yamaguchi Hoshun

He received a commission to paint a piece for the new Tokyo Imperial Palace. The piece titled “Kaede (maples)” is a large painting measuring 2.74x2.5 metres. It is located on the cedar door of the east corridor of the Seiden hall.^[1] Opposite of it on the other side is “Sakura (cherry)” by Meiji Hashimoto.

The preparatory drawing for the panel at a 4:1 scale dating to 1967 is in the Yamatane Museum of Art in Tokyo.^[2]

The Yamaguchi Hoshun Memorial Museum exhibits many of his works.^[3]

See also

• Seison Maeda (1885–1977), one of the leading Nihonga painters
• List of Nihonga painters