Sakai Hōitsu
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Sakai Hōitsu (酒井抱一?)(1761-1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is famous for reviving the style and popularity of Ogata Kōrin, and for creating a number of reproductions of Kōrin's work.
Hōitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima Province. Moving to Kyoto, Hōitsu began his studies in art in the Kanō school before moving on to study under Utagawa Toyoharu of the ukiyo-e style. He later studied under Watanabe Nangaku of the Maruyama school and So Shiseki of the nanga style before finally becoming a painter of the Rinpa school.
Hōitsu became a Buddhist priest in 1797, and spent the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During this time, he studied the work of Ogata Kōrin extensively, as well as that of Kōrin's brother Ogata Kenzan, and produced a number of reproductions of the brothers' works. He also produced two books of woodblock prints of the brothers' work, as well as one book of his own; these were titled Kōrin Hyakuzu (1815), Kenzan Iboku Gafu (1823), and Oson Gafu respectively.
Hōitsu's style shows elements of the realism of ukiyo-e, but resembles particularly the decorative style of Ogata Kōrin, which Hōitsu took major steps to revive.
[edit] Reference
- Roberts, Laurence P. (2005). "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists" Floating World Editions.
