Mid Edo Period (18th c.)／Ink on paper, hanging scroll
116.3 x 51.3 cm
SUMMARY
ARTIST
Soga Shohaku
1730-1781
Soga Shohaku was born Miura Shohaku in Kyoto. He studied under Takada Keiho, but is said to have also been influenced by the Unkoku school. He was such a deep devotee of Jasoku Soga that he went so far as to adopt the name Soga. In his twenties and thirties he visited Ise and Banshu (in the region of Hyogo Prefecture) a few times, and in Ise he produced many paintings on paper doors and partitions, such as those of Chodenji temple and the former Nagashima house. The characteristics of his work include eccentric deformation, strong color and a very individualistic, bold style of painting – as evident in Gunsenzu-byobu (“Folding Screen - Gathering of Hermits”). In his later life he secured a position for himself as a painter based in Kyoto. He died at the age of 52.
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INFORMATION
Friday, September 17 - Sunday, October 17, 2021
Masterpieces of Japanese-style Painting from the Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tendo City Museum of Art (Yamagata, Japan)
Saturday, November 2 - Sunday, December 22, 2019
“Rendez-vous” through Arts―East Meets West― Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi (Osaka, Japan)
Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
Friday, July 28 - Saturday, August 26, 2017
Edo Period Paintings 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan)
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