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Shunsō Hishida (菱田 春草) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji period. One of Okakura Tenshin’s pupils along with Yokoyama Taikan and Shimomura Kanzan, he played a role in the Meiji era innovation of Nihonga (Japanese-style painting). He was known, among other things, for his numerous paintings of cats. 

Hishida was born in Nagano in 1874, just after the Meiji Restoration, and died at only 36 in 1911. He lived in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Fallen Leaves

Created: 1909

Medium: two-panel screen; ink and color on silk

Dimensions: 128 cm x 55 cm

Fallen Leaves by Shunso Hishida, 1909, Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki.

Shunso Hishida at Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (June 26, 2014)