Sakai Hōitsu (酒井 抱一, 1761-1828)

"Autumn Flowers and Moon" by Sakai Hōitsu

Sakai Hōitsu (酒井 抱一^?, 1761-1828) was a Japanese painter of the Rimpa school. He is famous for reviving the style and popularity of Ogata Kōrin, and for creating a number of reproductions of Kōrin's work.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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This painting, while exhibiting the trademark mottled-ink (tarashikomi) technique of the Rinpa school, reflects the artist’s interest in Western-style realism, which is combined with sophisticated, graceful forms.

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