Ogata Kōrin
Japanese visual artist (1658–1716) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ogata Kōrin (Japanese: 尾形光琳; 1658 – June 2, 1716) was a Japanese landscape illustrator, lacquerer, painter, and textile designer of the Rinpa School.[1][2]
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尾形 光琳 | |
Born | 1658 |
Died | June 2, 1716 (aged 57–58) Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate |
Nationality | Japanese |
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Movement | Rinpa school |
Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises[3] and Red and White Plum Blossoms[4] (both registered National Treasures), and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware[1] produced by his brother Kenzan (1663–1743). Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie writing boxes or inrō medicine cases.
He is also credited[5] with reviving and consolidating the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, fifty years after its foundation by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637) and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (c. 1570 – c. 1640). In fact the term "Rinpa", coined in the Meiji period, means "school of [Kō]rin".[6] In particular he had a lasting influence on Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828), who replicated many of his paintings and popularized his work, organizing the first exhibition of Kōrin's paintings at the hundredth anniversary of his death.[7]