長野県の飯田に生まれ、東京美術学校で岡倉天心に学びました。横山大観とともに、線を使わない新しい日本画「朦朧体」を切りひらきます。のちに目の病気に苦しみながらも、《落葉》や《黒き猫》などの名作を描きました。ふわふわの毛並みの黒猫がかしわの木にすわる《黒き猫》は重要文化財です。36歳で亡くなりました。
Shunsō was born in Iida, Nagano, and studied with Okakura Tenshin at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. With Yokoyama Taikan, he created the new, line-free style called mōrōtai. Later, even while suffering from an eye disease, he painted masterpieces like Fallen Leaves and Black Cat. Black Cat, showing a fluffy black cat sitting on an oak branch, is an Important Cultural Property. He died at 36.
