Sakai Hōitsu

Screen pair "summer grass (right) and autumn grass" (left)

"Bamboo and Sparrow" from 「手鑑帖」

Grave in Hongan-ji

Sakai Hōitsu ( Japanese 酒井抱一 , actually: Sakai Tadanao ( 酒井忠因 ); * August 1, 1761 ; † January 4, 1828 ) was a Japanese painter who belongs to the Kōrin school .

Life

Hōitsu was the grandson of Sakai Tadazumi , daimyo of the Himeji fief . He was born in Edo on the Sakai city residence and grew up in elegant surroundings. In 1797 he moved to the priesthood and became a student of Monnyo Shōnin ( 文如上人 ), a priest of the Nishi Hongan-ji , who was staying in Edo. Hōitsu rose to the rank of Gon-no- Daisōzu . In 1809 he moved to the Shitaya area of Edo and built a small property there, which he called Uka-an ( 雨華庵 ). He now devoted himself entirely to art. He was buried on the grounds of Tsukiji Hongan-ji ( Tokyo ).

Act

Hōitsu was versatile, excelled in calligraphy, wrote Haikai and Kyōka , but he showed his particular strength in painting. Initially, he oriented himself to the Kanō School and the school of the Chinese painter Shin Nanpin , but he dealt with Ukiyo-e . Later he can under the influence of Tani Buncho and took over techniques of the Maruyama and Tosa schools . But above all, he was an admirer of Ogata Kōrin and tried to revive its style.

In 1815, Hōitsu published works by Kōrin and his school under the title "Hundred Leaves of Kōrin" ( 光琳百図 , Kōrin hyakuzu ) and " Summarized painting style of the Ogata style" ( 尾形流略印譜 , Ogata- ryū ryaku impu ). He himself created important works in the decorative style of the Rimpa school. Well-known works are:

Pair of adjustable screens “summer and autumn grass” ( 夏秋屏風図 ), Tokyo National Museum , National Treasure

Three hanging scrolls “ Snow, Moon and Flowers ” ( 雪月花図 ), MOA Art Museum

The most important student of Hōitsu and probably the last representative of the Kōrin school was Suzuki Kiitsu ( 鈴木其一 , 1796-1858).

annotation

↑ Painted on the back of Ogatas “Windgott und Donnergott”.

literature

Tazawa Yutaka: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3
Kobayashi Tadashi (Ed.): Rimpa Painting. Volume III. Shikosha, 1994. ISBN 4-87940-510-8

Web links

Commons : Sakai Hoitsu - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 酒井抱一 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 20, 2014 (Japanese).

personal data
SURNAME	Sakai, Hōitsu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	酒井抱一 (Japanese, stage name); Sakai Tadanao (real name); 酒井忠因 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese painter of the Kōrin school
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1, 1761
DATE OF DEATH	January 4, 1828

[2] Painted on the back of Ogatas “Windgott und Donnergott”.

[kotobank-1] 酒井抱一 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 20, 2014 (Japanese).