Gion Nankai

1677〜1751
He was a painter born in Wakayama pref. He studied under Junan Kinoshita (木下順庵) and was good at poetry. Regarding painting, he studied Chinese literati painting. He was regarded as one of the pioneers of Japanese literati painting along with Kien Yanagisawa (柳澤淇園) and Hyakusen Sakaki (彭城百川).