Sotatsu Tawaraya
The forerunner of the âRinpaâ trend in Japanese art, which is characterized by refined composition and highly decorative qualities
 Dates of birth and death unknown. A painter active in Kyoto in the early Edo period (around 1603â1700). While his origins and biographical details remain unclear, he is believed to have supervised an eya (studio producing industrial craft paintings, such as ogi-e folding fan paintings and shita-e design sketches for dyed and woven textiles) called Tawaraya and to have had a deep level of interaction with cultural figures such as Mitsuhiro Karasumaru (1579â1638) and Koetsu Honami.
From around 1596 to 1624, Sotatsu produced many works with his underpaintings in kingin-dei gold and silver painting techniques on shikishi poem cards and waka-kan poem scrolls featuring calligraphy by Koetsu. An example of a work for which the date of production is clear is a reproduction Sotatsu made of the Saigyo Monogatari Emaki (âIllustrated Scrolls of the Tales of SaigyÅâ; Idemitsu Museum of Arts collection) in 1630. At this time, he had attained the rank of hokkyo (literally âdharma bridge,â a title conferred to physicians, artists, and literary figures as it would be to Buddhist monks).
Even while drawing on traditions of classical Japanese yamato-e painting, many of his works are characterized by highly decorative qualities, with their use of gold and silver, for example, and innovative composition. Representative works of his include Fujin Raijin-zu Byobu (âWind God and Thunder God Folding Screen,â a National Treasure in the Kennin-ji Temple collection) and Tsuru-zu Shita-e Waka-kan (âScroll Even while drawing on traditions of classical Japanese yamato-e painting, many of his works are characterized by highly decorative qualities, with their use of gold and silver, for example, and innovative composition. Representative works of his include Fujin Raijin-zu Byobu (âWind God and Thunder God Folding Screen,â a National Treasure in the Kennin-ji Temple collection) and Tsuru-zu Shita-e Waka-kan (âScroll with Waka and Underpainting of Cranesâ). Also, the tarashikomi technique of dripping second layers of paint onto still-wet first layers is thought to have been an original innovation of his. He used the technique to produce many of his outstanding suibokuga (monochrome ink paintings), such as Renchi Suikin-zu (âLotus Pond with Waterfowl,â a National Treasure).
In the mid-Edo period (1700â1750), Korin Ogata, who was a sincere admirer of Sotatsu, would follow his artistic style and develop it further. Today the gorgeous and decorative trend in Japanese painting created by Sotatsu and Korin is known as the Rinpa School.
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