Ogata korin biography sampler

  • Best known for his paintings Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) was a highly successful artist who worked in many.
  • Ogata Kōrin was a painter active in Kyoto during the Edo period.
  • Through the example of Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716), one of the most representative painters of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868), this essay examines how the.

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    Forms that were created by the Rimpa school and passed on through books

    One of the characteristics of the Rimpa school of art is its round and rich shapes, which are actually deeply integrated into our daglig lives. For example, in traditional Japanese sweets and Kyoto souvenirs, there are hidden Rimpa-style shapes symbolizing nature such as plants, birds, and waves. This section looks at how the round shapes of the Rimpa school were accepted by people, and how books helped them to do so.

    OGATA Korin and his designs

    OGATA Korin, who is also known as a representative of the Genroku culture that flourished in the Kyoto-Osaka area, was born in 1658 as the second son of a high-class kimono shop called Kariganeya in Kyoto. From a young age, he was not only exposed to the latest designs through the products of the kimono shop, but also grew up with a variety of culture and art including Noh, calligraphy, painting, tea ceremony, and classical literature. His father died when he was 30, a

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    A Fabulous Carrying Box: Ogata Korin

    Curator's Corner

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    By Karl Cole, posted on May 17, 2010

    I came across this gorgeous little item in our collection the other day, and, once igen, I must emphasize how inom detest the art form begrepp “decorative arts” (though not ganska as badly as I detest “crafts”). There’s just no way you can look at this beautiful little utilitarian object and think “decorative!” An artist designed and made it.

    Remember my recommendation to see beauty in everyday objects? Well, this beautiful object comes from one of the most fascinating periods of Japanese history, the Edo Period (1603–1868). This period is very well known in the West for colored woodblock prints, but art historians know the period for the wide variety of incredible art forms produced then.

     

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    This summer, and through January, the Japanese galleries at the Metropolitan Museum feature an exhibit entitled “Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art.” I was excited for the idea of a Rinpa exhibit – bright colors, silver and gold, things in the style of the most famous works by Sôtatsu and Kôrin. Seeing the Matsushima screens in DC last summer was a special treat, and I was excited for more of that here in New York.

    Perhaps I should start by talking a little bit about what Rinpa is. Unlike many schools of painting in Japanese art history, such as the Kanô school or the Tosa school, in which artists trained directly under masters from that school, and solidly identified themselves as belonging to that school, “Rinpa” is quite a bit looser. The word Rinpa (琳派) literally means something like “in the style of [Kô]rin,” referring to Ogata Kôrin (1658-1716), whose style, techniques, themes and overall approach the Rinpa artis