SHIJO SCHOOL

also called Maruyama School, Japanese school of naturalistic painting that was founded in the late 18th century by Maruyama Masataka (Okyo) and was made popular by his pupils, among them Matsumura Gekkei, called Goshun, from whose residence on Fourth Street (Shijo), in Kyoto, the movement took its name. Among the most important artists associated with the school were Matsumura Keibun and Okamoto Toyohiko. The Shijo style was an important influence on painting in Kyoto during the Edo period. It was revived in the Meiji period by Kono Bairei.