Tawaraya Sotatsu. Tawaraya Sotatsu was a Japanese painter and designer of the Rinpa school.
Sōtatsu is best known for his decorations of calligraphic works by his partner Hon'ami Koetsu, and his spectacular and highly influential byobu folding screens, such as National Treasures Wind God and Thunder God and his painting of the Sekiya and Miotsukushi chapters from The Tale of Genji. He also popularized a technique called tarashikomi, in which a second layer of paint is applied before the first layer is dry.
He is also credited with co-founding the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, together with Koetsu. Rinpa was not strictly a school, but a group of artist directly influenced by Sotatsu and Koetsu.
Some of the most notable Rinpa artists are Ogata Korin, Ogata Kenzan and Sakai Hoitsu. The exact date of Sotatsu's birth, probably around 1570, remains unknown, and so does the place of his birth.
The painter Tani Buncho stated that Sotatsu was originally from Noto and that he studied under Sumiyoshi Jokei in Kyoto. His family name may have been Nonomura. In 1602 he was hired by the Taira family to repair the 12th-century sutra scrolls Heike nokyo at the Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima. This is the earliest paintings attributed to Sotatsu, but it already features the characteristics of his later work. It is suspected that Koetsu might have also worked in the repair of the scroll. The first confirmed c
Sōtatsu is best known for his decorations of calligraphic works by his partner Hon'ami Koetsu, and his spectacular and highly influential byobu folding screens, such as National Treasures Wind God and Thunder God and his painting of the Sekiya and Miotsukushi chapters from The Tale of Genji. He also popularized a technique called tarashikomi, in which a second layer of paint is applied before the first layer is dry.
He is also credited with co-founding the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, together with Koetsu. Rinpa was not strictly a school, but a group of artist directly influenced by Sotatsu and Koetsu.
Some of the most notable Rinpa artists are Ogata Korin, Ogata Kenzan and Sakai Hoitsu. The exact date of Sotatsu's birth, probably around 1570, remains unknown, and so does the place of his birth.
The painter Tani Buncho stated that Sotatsu was originally from Noto and that he studied under Sumiyoshi Jokei in Kyoto. His family name may have been Nonomura. In 1602 he was hired by the Taira family to repair the 12th-century sutra scrolls Heike nokyo at the Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima. This is the earliest paintings attributed to Sotatsu, but it already features the characteristics of his later work. It is suspected that Koetsu might have also worked in the repair of the scroll. The first confirmed c
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