A lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo period
Best known for his paintings Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, Ogata K?rin (1658sdash;1716) was a highly successful artist who worked in many genres and media dash;including hanging scrolls, screen paintings, fan paintings, lacquer, textiles, and ceramics. Combining archival research, social history, and visual analysis, Frank Feltens situates K?rin within the broader art culture of early modern Japan. He shows how financial pressures, client preferences, and the impulse toward personal branding in a competitive field shaped K?rin squo;s approach to art-making throughout his career. Feltens also offers a keen visual reading of the artistmsquo;s work, highlighting the ways K?rin squo;s artistic innovations succeeded across media, such as his introduction of painterly techniques into lacquer design and his creation of ceramics that mimicked the appearance of ink paintings. This book, the first major study of K?rin in English, provides an intimate and thought-provoking portrait of one of Japanrsquo;s most significant artists.
