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*''Born: [[1614]]/10/18''
*''Died: [[1644]]/10/18''
*''Other Names'': 自了 ''(Ji Ryou)''; 欽可聖 ''(Qin Kesheng)<ref name=kotobank>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%93%E6%B8%85%E8%B1%8A Gusukuma Seihô]." Kotobank.jp. Accessed 6 October 2009.</ref>''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 城間 清豊 ''(Gusukuma Seihou)''
Gusukuma Seihô was an official court painter at the royal court of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
Gusukuma was born to an aristocratic family in [[Shuri]]. His father was a musician, but Gusukuma was a deaf mute<ref name=arts>"[http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/013/E/art/dynasty/art10.html Hakutaku no zu]." Arts of Okinawa. Okinawa Prefectural Government. 2003. Accessed 6 October 2009.</ref> and he focused his energies in a different direction, teaching himself to paint<ref name=jinmei>"Ji Ryô." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 44.</ref>. He sought out Chinese paintings, and was heavily influenced by them<ref name=kotobank/>.
Hearing of the young painter, King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] called him to his court, and bestowed upon him the name Ji Ryô. It is said that the [[Chinese investiture envoys]] who witnessed his painting compared him to some of the top painters in China, and that [[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]], court painter for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], similarly praised the artist when one of Gusukuma's works was brought to [[Edo]] by the [[1634]] [[Ryukyuan embassy]]<ref name=jinmei/><ref name=arts/>.
Most of Gusukuma's works were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. There is only one extant work which bears a seal (''rakan'') confirming it to have been painted by Gusukuma<ref name=jinmei/><ref name=arts/>. It is held by the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, has been designated an Okinawa Prefectural Important Cultural Property, and depicts a fantastic creature known as ''bai ze'' in Chinese and ''hakutaku'' in Japanese<ref name=arts/>.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41779-storytopic-121.html Ji Ryô]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Dictionary"). ''Ryukyu Shimpo''. 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 October 2009.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: [[1644]]/10/18''
*''Other Names'': 自了 ''(Ji Ryou)''; 欽可聖 ''(Qin Kesheng)<ref name=kotobank>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9F%8E%E9%96%93%E6%B8%85%E8%B1%8A Gusukuma Seihô]." Kotobank.jp. Accessed 6 October 2009.</ref>''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 城間 清豊 ''(Gusukuma Seihou)''
Gusukuma Seihô was an official court painter at the royal court of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
Gusukuma was born to an aristocratic family in [[Shuri]]. His father was a musician, but Gusukuma was a deaf mute<ref name=arts>"[http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/013/E/art/dynasty/art10.html Hakutaku no zu]." Arts of Okinawa. Okinawa Prefectural Government. 2003. Accessed 6 October 2009.</ref> and he focused his energies in a different direction, teaching himself to paint<ref name=jinmei>"Ji Ryô." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 44.</ref>. He sought out Chinese paintings, and was heavily influenced by them<ref name=kotobank/>.
Hearing of the young painter, King [[Sho Ho|Shô Hô]] called him to his court, and bestowed upon him the name Ji Ryô. It is said that the [[Chinese investiture envoys]] who witnessed his painting compared him to some of the top painters in China, and that [[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]], court painter for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], similarly praised the artist when one of Gusukuma's works was brought to [[Edo]] by the [[1634]] [[Ryukyuan embassy]]<ref name=jinmei/><ref name=arts/>.
Most of Gusukuma's works were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa. There is only one extant work which bears a seal (''rakan'') confirming it to have been painted by Gusukuma<ref name=jinmei/><ref name=arts/>. It is held by the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, has been designated an Okinawa Prefectural Important Cultural Property, and depicts a fantastic creature known as ''bai ze'' in Chinese and ''hakutaku'' in Japanese<ref name=arts/>.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41779-storytopic-121.html Ji Ryô]." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Dictionary"). ''Ryukyu Shimpo''. 1 March 2003. Accessed 6 October 2009.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
