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Ogata Kōrin

1658 - 1716

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Ogata Kōrin (Japanese: 尾形光琳; 1658 – June 2, 1716) was a Japanese landscape illustrator, lacquerer, painter, and textile designer of the Rinpa School. Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms (both registered National Treasures), and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan (1663–1743). Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, writing boxes (suzuribako) executed in relief (makie) or inrō (medicine cases). He is also credited with reviving and consolidating the Rinpa school of Japanese painting, fifty years after its foundation by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637) and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (c. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ogata Kōrin is the 834th most popular painter (down from 813th in 2019), the 732nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 641st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ogata Kōrin ranks 834 out of 2,023. Before him are Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Boltanski, Hercules Seghers, Hans Gude, Olga Boznańska, and Franz Anton Maulbertsch. After him are Leandro Bassano, Carle Vernet, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Barbara Kruger, Wilhelm Marstrand, and Pieter de Molijn.

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Among people born in 1658, Ogata Kōrin ranks 9. Before him are Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mary of Modena, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and Nicolas Coustou. After him are Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1716, Ogata Kōrin ranks 7. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Louis de Montfort, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Engelbert Kaempfer, Tokugawa Ietsugu, and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien. After him are Roger Cotes, Anthim the Iberian, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Banda Singh Bahadur, and Giovanni Battista Bassani.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ogata Kōrin ranks 732 out of 6,245. Before him are Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Keizo Imai (1950), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Nakano Takeko (1847), and Choei Sato (1951). After him are Kon Ichikawa (1915), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Shintaro Abe (1924), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), and Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Ogata Kōrin ranks 12. Before him are Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Yoshitoshi (1839), and Takashi Murakami (1962). After him are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), On Kawara (1932), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kanō Motonobu (1476), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570).

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