context: lacquerwork > artists

Ogata Korin's lacquerwork

a writing box

Ogata Korin the painter (top page for him)

According to the hopelessly unreliable Lesoualc'h, Ogata Korin was the "unrivalled master among lacquer artists." He was certainly strikingly talented, as he was in all the artistic endeavours that he attempted, and he was important. He clearly followed on from Koetsu, and taught Ogawa Haritsu, aka Ritsuo, who surpassed him in many ways. Ogata was independently wealthy, so he could be outrageous, could use loads of gold, and could take risks. Having said all that, the example here does hark back to Koetsu's mighty Boat-Bridge in rather obvious ways.

backwards: hon'ami koetsu

forwards: kajikawa family