Ogata Korin. Ogata Korin was a Japanese painter, lacquerer and designer of the Rinpa school.
Korin is best known for his byobu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan. Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie writing boxes or inro medicine cases.
He is also credited with reviving and consolidating the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, fifty years after its foundation by Hon'ami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. In fact the term Rinpa, coined in the Meiji period, means school of Korin.
In particular he had a lasting influence on Sakai Hoitsu, who replicated many of his paintings and popularized his work, organizing the first exhibition of Korin's paintings at the hundredth anniversary of his death. Korin was born in Kyoto into a wealthy merchant family, dedicated to the design and sale of fine textiles.
The family business, named Karigane-ya, catered to the aristocratic women of the city. His father, Ogata Soken, who was a noted calligrapher in the style of Koetsu and patron of Noh theater, introduced his sons to the arts. Korin was the second son of Soken. His younger brother Kenzan was a celebrated potter and painter in his own right, with whom he collaborated frequently. Korin studied under Yamamoto Soken of the Kano sch
Korin is best known for his byobu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan. Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie writing boxes or inro medicine cases.
He is also credited with reviving and consolidating the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, fifty years after its foundation by Hon'ami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. In fact the term Rinpa, coined in the Meiji period, means school of Korin.
In particular he had a lasting influence on Sakai Hoitsu, who replicated many of his paintings and popularized his work, organizing the first exhibition of Korin's paintings at the hundredth anniversary of his death. Korin was born in Kyoto into a wealthy merchant family, dedicated to the design and sale of fine textiles.
The family business, named Karigane-ya, catered to the aristocratic women of the city. His father, Ogata Soken, who was a noted calligrapher in the style of Koetsu and patron of Noh theater, introduced his sons to the arts. Korin was the second son of Soken. His younger brother Kenzan was a celebrated potter and painter in his own right, with whom he collaborated frequently. Korin studied under Yamamoto Soken of the Kano sch
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