Yunoki Gyokuson 柚木玉邨

柚木玉邨 Yunoki Gyokuson (1865-1943)
A painter of Southern School style born in Tamashima, Kurashiki City. His given name was Hōkei. After graduating from the Faculty of Agriculture at Tokyo Imperial University, he served as a director of the Eighty-Sixth National Bank, among other positions. Whilst active in the business world, he studied Southern School painting under the Qing dynasty painter Ko tetsubai, who had visited Tamashima, Kurashiki City, and also travelled to China to research Song and Yuan dynasty paintings. He produced elegant ink wash paintings and was also proficient in poetry and calligraphy, exerting a wide-ranging influence as a leading literati figure within the prefecture.