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Nihonga painter from Hokkaido. Hōshun graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He studied with Matsuoka Eikyū and contributed to the Yamato-e revival. Co-founder of the Rokuchōkai art association with Nakamura Gakuryō and Fukuda Heihachirō. After the Second World War, Hōshun became an important figure at the Nitten exhibitions. Over time, his style became less dependent on Yamato-e and would tend towards traditional bird-and-flower painting, to which Hōshun would add elements of Western painting. Member of the Japan Art Academy. Hōshun was designated a Person of Cultural Merit and received the Order of Culture.