was a Japanese painter mainly active in the Meiji era.
Biography In 1855, he was born in Edo, as a second son of who was a Yōga painter. In 1865, he became Charles Wirgman's pupil. In 1874, he was employed at Imperial Japanese Army Academy as a picture teacher by recommendation of Kawakami Tōgai. In 1876, he entered and became Antonio Fontanesi's pupil. In 1877, he left the school and won the Hōmon Prize () in Yōga section of the first with Abekawa Fuji Zu (阿部川富士図). From 1878, he accompanied an to Hokuriku and Tokai as an attendant painter of Emperor Meiji.
In 1880, he went to France and became Léon Bonnat's pupil. In 1882, his work was accepted for the Salon, a famous exhibition. He is the first Japanese painter who was accepted for the Salon. In 1889, he returned to Japan via the United States of America and participated in the establishment of the . He participated in the First Sino-Japanese War. In 1915, he died in his own home in Yokohama.
Noted works NameJapanese nameTypeNumber of paintsOwnerdrawn inNoteself-portrait自画像oil on canvas1The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (ja)1877Imperial tour to Hokuriku and Tokai in 1878明治十一年北陸東海御巡幸図oil on board411878portrait of Goseda Hōriū五姓田芳柳像oil on canvas1The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts1880Dress of a doll人形の着物oil11883Port (Yokohama landscope) 港（横浜風景）oil on canvas1Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayamaaround 1891
See also Takahashi Yuichi – Charles Wirgman's pupil – Goseda Yoshimatsu's pupil and husband of Goseda Hōriū's daughter
References
五姓田義松 suisai –
新書紹介『明治の宮廷画家―五姓田義松』 五姓田義松 – kotobank