Maruyama Okyo. Maruyama Okyo, born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century.
He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Okyo founded the Maruyama school of painting.
Although many of his fellow artists criticized his work as too slavishly devoted to natural representation, it proved a success with laymen. Okyo was born into a farming family in Ano-o, in present-day Kameoka, Kyoto.
As a teenager, he moved to Kyoto and joined the townspeople class. He apprenticed for a toy shop, where he painted the faces onto dolls.
The shop began selling European stereoscopes, novelties that when looked into presented the illusion of a three-dimensional image. It was Okyo's first look at Western-style perspective, and in 1767 he tried his hand at one of the images. He created Harbour View, a small picture in single-point perspective. Okyo soon mastered the techniques of drawing stereoscope images. Okyo decided to pursue a career as an artist. He first studied under Ishida Yūtei, a member of the Kano school and ultimately a bigger influence on Okyo than the stereoscope images. During these formative years, Okyo studied Chinese painting as well. He particularly admired the works of Qian Xuan, a 13th-century painter known for his detailed f
He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Okyo founded the Maruyama school of painting.
Although many of his fellow artists criticized his work as too slavishly devoted to natural representation, it proved a success with laymen. Okyo was born into a farming family in Ano-o, in present-day Kameoka, Kyoto.
As a teenager, he moved to Kyoto and joined the townspeople class. He apprenticed for a toy shop, where he painted the faces onto dolls.
The shop began selling European stereoscopes, novelties that when looked into presented the illusion of a three-dimensional image. It was Okyo's first look at Western-style perspective, and in 1767 he tried his hand at one of the images. He created Harbour View, a small picture in single-point perspective. Okyo soon mastered the techniques of drawing stereoscope images. Okyo decided to pursue a career as an artist. He first studied under Ishida Yūtei, a member of the Kano school and ultimately a bigger influence on Okyo than the stereoscope images. During these formative years, Okyo studied Chinese painting as well. He particularly admired the works of Qian Xuan, a 13th-century painter known for his detailed f
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