Akamatsu Rinsaku
Master of Osaka landscape prints
Akamatsu Rinsaku was a painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and printmaker in Osaka. He was born in 1878 in Tsuyama City in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. He studied Western-style painting at the renowned Tokyo School of Fine Arts, with one of his teachers being Yamauchi Gusen. Akamatsu Rinsaku's first employment was as an illustrator for the newspaper Osaka Asahi Shimbun. His major work is the series "Thirty-six Views of Osaka," completed and published in 1947. Rinsaku Akamatsu also contributed to the series "Pictures of Famous Places in Osaka and Kobe."
Artworks by this artist (37 total)
- Temmangu shrine dedicated to Sugawara Michizane 1947
- Naniwabashi bridge 1947
- Soemoncho, the gay quarter 1947
- Midosuji, a business center 1947
- The central public hall 1947
- Kawaguchi, the estuary of Yodo river 1947
- Minoo, National Park 1947
- Ebisubashi bridge, a business center 1947
- Shitennoji temple, built by Prince Shotoku in 587 A.D 1947
- Tenjinbashi bridge 1947
- Aizendo, shrine for Indian God of will power 1947
- Amida pond 1947
- Dotombori, theater street 1947
- Toyokuni shrine dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1947
- Haginotera, the temple of bush clovers 1947
- Isshinji, temple of the tea house with eight windows 1947
- Hommachi, a business center 1947
- Osaka Imperial University 1947
- Shinsaibashi bridge, the shopping center 1947
- The high lanton at Sumiyoshi, a light house in older time 1947