Goseda Yoshimatsu (Japanese: , June 12, 1855 â September 4, 1915) was a Japanese painter mainly active in the Meiji era (1868âÂÂ1912).
In 1855, he was born in Edo, as a second son of who was a Yà Âga 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 Tà Âgai. In 1876, he entered and became Antonio Fontanesi's pupil. In 1877, he left the school and won the Hà Âmon Prize () in Yà Âga section of the first with Abekawa Fuji Zu (é¿é¨å·Âå¯Â士å³). 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.