1842-1913（天保十三-大正二）72岁。漆器绘画师川端左兵门之子，本名泷之助，字子文，号天真画房、长自清、天贞堂、敬亭，晚年号璋翁，亦称川端玉璋。京都生人。少年从师中岛来章。并接触到很多中国宋元绘画名迹，追摹临池不废，并成为圆山派的重要画家之一。后来曾染指油画，且独具天赋地将两者融合一处。1877年办画塾培养弟子，1909年创办川端画学校，自任校长，并为东京美术学校教授，帝室技艺员，文部省美术展审查员、古社寺保存会委员，日本美术协会特别会员。作品多次参加各种美术展览，代表作品有《太极殿》、《桃源图》、《墨堤春晓图》、《樱花鸡图》等。这位卓越的美术教育家门下，出现了平福百穗、结城素明、山田敬中、田中赖璋、尾竹竹坡、岛崎柳坞等一流的名画家。（摘自《日本古今画家名典》）

1842-1913 (Tianbao 13-Dazheng 2) 72 years old. The son of Lacquerware Painter Chuanduan Zuo Bingmen, whose original name is Zhuangzhi, is named innocent painting room, Changziqing, Tianzhentang and Jingting. In his later years, he is also called Zhangweng, also known as Yuzhang of Chuanduan. Kyoto strangers. Teenagers come from Shizhong Island. He also came into contact with many famous paintings of Song and Yuan Dynasty in China, followed the pool and became one of the important painters of Yuanshan School. Later, he had dyed his finger in oil painting and had a unique talent for combining the two. In 1877, a painting school was set up to train students. In 1909, Kawabata Painting School was founded as its own principal. It was also a professor of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, an imperial artist, a censor of the Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture, a member of the Preservation Committee of Gushe Temple, and a special member of the Japan Art Association. His works have participated in various art exhibitions for many times. His representative works include Taiji Hall, Peach Source Picture, Modi Spring Dawn Picture, Cherry Blossom Chicken Picture and so on. Under the door of this outstanding art educator, there emerged such first-class famous painters as Pingfu Baisui, Suming Jiecheng, Jingzhong Yamada, Laizhang Tanaka, Takeshi Zhupo and Liuwu Shimazaki. (from The Classic of Japanese Painters of Ancient and Modern Times)