Koetsu Hon'ami (kō`ĕts
' hônä`mē), 1558–1637, Japanese artist, poet, calligrapher, tea master, and landscape gardener. Considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 17th cent., his painting, calligraphy, and related arts used a stylized version of the yamato-e style of traditional Japanese art. His career flourished during the brilliant Momoyama period (1573–1615), which served as a historical bridge between medieval and early modern Japan. Together with Sotatsu Sotatsu Tawaraya, fl. early 1600s, Japanese artist. With Koetsu he is credited with founding the decorative Rimpa school of Japanese painting. A painter who revived yamato-e style by augmenting its lyric quality with brilliant colors and a bold graphic sense, in 1630
..... Click the link for more information. , Koetsu is credited with founding the Rimpa school, which promoted a decorative style that included the use of bright colors, gold or figured grounds for paintings, and liquid washes. With Suminokura Soan, he published the Sagabon, for which he did the calligraphy accompanying the plates. In the late 1590s, he became interested in ceramics, especially raku tea bowls of a thin, delicate nature. He also founded an artistic community at Takagamine that produced countless objects of great beauty and refinement. One of his most famous works is the Deer Scroll (Seattle Art Museum), in which his calligraphy accompanies Sotatsu's graceful ink drawings.
' hônä`mē), 1558–1637, Japanese artist, poet, calligrapher, tea master, and landscape gardener. Considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 17th cent., his painting, calligraphy, and related arts used a stylized version of the yamato-e style of traditional Japanese art. His career flourished during the brilliant Momoyama period (1573–1615), which served as a historical bridge between medieval and early modern Japan. Together with Sotatsu Sotatsu Tawaraya, fl. early 1600s, Japanese artist. With Koetsu he is credited with founding the decorative Rimpa school of Japanese painting. A painter who revived yamato-e style by augmenting its lyric quality with brilliant colors and a bold graphic sense, in 1630..... Click the link for more information. , Koetsu is credited with founding the Rimpa school, which promoted a decorative style that included the use of bright colors, gold or figured grounds for paintings, and liquid washes. With Suminokura Soan, he published the Sagabon, for which he did the calligraphy accompanying the plates. In the late 1590s, he became interested in ceramics, especially raku tea bowls of a thin, delicate nature. He also founded an artistic community at Takagamine that produced countless objects of great beauty and refinement. One of his most famous works is the Deer Scroll (Seattle Art Museum), in which his calligraphy accompanies Sotatsu's graceful ink drawings.
Bibliography
See F. Fischer et al., The Arts of Hon'ami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master (2000).
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