Hayakawa Shozan

Hayakawa Shozan (Hayakawa Shozan, Kaei 3rd year <1850> August 15th-Meiji 25th year <1892>) was an ukiyo-e artist in the Meiji era.

A student of Kawanabe Kyosai. The childhood name is Tokunosuke. Harusai, called Kisei. As a child, he lost his left eye. He started his activities around 1876, and in 1877, about 10 Nishiki-e paintings depicting the Satsuma Rebellion such as "Kagoshima Conquest Map" and "Kyushu Uekiguchi Fierce Battle Map" are known. There is. He also works on drawings for the National Industrial Exhibition and Yokohama-e. In 1877, the name was changed to Yasumasa Matsutsuki. Inheriting the style of Kyosai, he draws illustrations for magazines and books in addition to Nishiki-e. Also, at one point, it is said that he painted pictures everywhere in Shinano Province, which he called Shojo Kyosai.

It has appeared several times in "Kawanabe Kyosai Picture Diary" (National Diet Library collection), and the handwritten work of the seal of "Shojo Hayakawa Harusai" is in the Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum. Also, in "Kawanabe Kyosai Oden", there is a description that there is a forehead painting by Hayakawa Shozan in Asakusa Kannon-do as a discourse of Kawanabe Kyoun, the second son of Kyosai. In the 22nd year of the Meiji era, after drunkenness, he accidentally drowned in water and died.

In "Basic Knowledge of Ukiyoe" (written by Susugu Yoshida), Matsuyama's activity period is until around 1893 (Meiji 26).

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