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Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799) was a virtuosic painter who studied in Maruyama Ōkyo’s studio but soon became an independent painter who expanded upon Ōkyo’s masterful innovations and experimentation in sumi ink painting techniques. Rosetsu was a masterful sumi ink painter who used linear and planar effects and the magic of water solubility in sumi ink to evoke new effects in painting. By 1782, he was recognized as one of the best painters in Kyoto. He was highly versatile and is known for his playfulness, one of the hallmarks of the visual arts of the later Edo period.
