Nishimura Goun 西村 五雲 was born in 1877. He was trained by Kishi Chikudō from the age of twelve. After Chikudō’s death several of his pupils entered the juku of Takeuchi Seihô, whose style formed a second major influence. From the beginning Goun won prizes at exhibitions, including the first Bunten.
In 1909 he became a teacher at the Kyôto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts. In 1912 he established his own juku. Not long afterwards his health declined, and he was only able to paint small-scale works. Still, he participated in the Teiten and many other major exhibitions. He was a professor at several Kyôto art schools and a member of the Imperial Art Academy.
His subjects are flowers, fish, animals and birds, which he represented in a style both familiar and uncommon, thus creating a very personal fusion of the styles of his two teachers Chikudô and Seihô. He belonged to the second generation of the modern Kyôto school. He died of illness in 1938.
