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1761 Edo, Japan - 1828 Japan. Known for: Scroll painting and drawing of birds, flowers, landscapes.
Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of... Read full biography
Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of Korin's work. Hoitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima... Read full biography
Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of Korin's work. Hoitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima Province. The Sakai daimyo clan originated in Mikawa Province. They claim descent from Minamoto no Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; and the other son,... Read full biography
Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of Korin's work. Hoitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima Province. The Sakai daimyo clan originated in Mikawa Province. They claim descent from Minamoto no Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; and the other son, Chikauji, took the name of Sakai, and this is the ancestor of the Sakai clan. Sakai Hirochika, the son of Chikauji, had two sons as well; and the descendants of these two sons gave rise to the two principal branches of the clan. A cadet branch of the... Read full biography
Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of Korin's work. Hoitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima Province. The Sakai daimyo clan originated in Mikawa Province. They claim descent from Minamoto no Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; and the other son, Chikauji, took the name of Sakai, and this is the ancestor of the Sakai clan. Sakai Hirochika, the son of Chikauji, had two sons as well; and the descendants of these two sons gave rise to the two principal branches of the clan. A cadet branch of the Sakai is composed of the descendants of Sakai Masachika, who was a vassel of the Tokugawa – Nobutada, Kiyoyasu et Hirotada. In 1... Read full biography
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Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He is known for having revived the style and popularity of Ogata Korin, and for having created a number of reproductions of Korin's work.
Hoitsu was born in Edo; his father was the lord (daimyo) of Himeji Castle in Harima Province.
The Sakai daimyo clan originated in Mikawa Province. They claim descent from Minamoto no Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one of them, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; and the other son, Chikauji, took the name of Sakai, and this is the ancestor of the Sakai clan. Sakai Hirochika, the son of Chikauji, had two sons as well; and the descendants of these two sons gave rise to the two principal branches of the clan.
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