Hasegawa Kyūzō (, 1568Eiroku 11. – July 13, 1593Date given in the Gregorian calendar. Using the Xuanming calendar and the era name, Kyūzō died on the 15th day of the 6th month, Bunroku 6.) was the son of Hasegawa Tōhaku, and a painter of the Hasegawa school in the Azuchi–Momoyama period Japan.
Kyūzō was born as the first son between Tōhaku and his first wife Myōjō (, died 1579).
It is generally surmised that Kyūzō painted on the byōbu (wind screens) for Toyotomi Hideyoshi or other high-ranking Toyotomi supporter. Four of his works remain:
Asahina Kusa Zuri Hiki Zu , Kiyomizu-dera, 1592, designated an Important Cultural Property Sakura Zu (Cherry Tree), Chishaku-in (Shōun-ji), circa 1592, a part of Sakura Kaede Zu designated as a National Treasure of Japan Ohara Gōkō-zu Byōbu (Emperor's Visit to Ohara), Tokyo National Museum Gion E-zu (Gion Festival), Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
Tōhaku intended Kyūzō to be his heir, if it were not for his early death in his mid-20s. Kyūzō was highly acclaimed by Kanō Einō in Honchō Gashi () compiled in 1679 as that the "elegance of his work surpasses his father's, unmatched by none other in the Hasegawa school."
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