Goseda Yoshimatsu

In 1874, he was employed at Imperial Japanese Army Academy as a picture teacher by recommendation of Kawakami Tōgai.

In 1876, he entered Engineering Technology Art School [ja] and became Antonio Fontanesi's pupil.

In 1877, he left the school and won the Hōmon Prize (鳳紋賞) in Yōga section of the first domestic industrial exposition [ja] with Abekawa Fuji Zu (阿部川富士図).

From 1878, he accompanied an Imperial tour [ja] to Hokuriku and Tokai as an attendant painter of Emperor Meiji.

In 1889, he returned to Japan via the United States of America and participated in the establishment of the Meiji Art Society [ja].