Fine Arts Library is exhibiting the two volumes of the accordion-style book (ehon), printed by Fukui Gessai, after Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716).
2015 marked the 400th anniversary of the origins of Rinpa, a name is derived from one of the Rinpa masters, Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716). “The term Rinpa—which is combined from the second character in Kōrin’s name and the character for “school” or “style”—was coined in modern times and did not exist during the Edo period.” Rinpa’s aesthetic style often features “decorative sensitivity and sometimes abstracted design elements and distinctive techniques.” [1]
If you want to learn more about Rinpa, we have a beautiful exhibition catalog from the Kyoto National Museum entitled “Rinpa : miyako o irodoru“ now on the new book shelf:
Korin Gafu (album) is a work of Japanese book illustration 24 full-page color-printed woodblock images.
Language: Japanese
Title: 光琳画譜, Kōrin gafu
Attribution:
福井月斎縮図, Fukui Gessai shukuzu.
Author / Creator:
尾形光琳, 1658-1716, artist.;
Ogata, Kōrin, 1658-1716 [artist]
Published:
大阪 : 青木嵩山堂, 明治, Ōsaka : Aoki Sūzandō, Meiji 26-27 [1893-94]
Images from the top:
From the exhibit case
Album cover from Kōrin Gafu
Opening pages from Kōrin Gafu
Kōrin Gafu in the exhibit case
Kōrin Gafu in the exhibit case
From the reference book, Rinpa: miyako o irodoru, 琳派
Wind God and Thunder God
Pair of two-panel folding screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
From right:
By Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Edo period (17th century)
By Ogata Kōrin, Edo period, 18th century
By Sakai Hoōitsu, Edo period (19th century)
Page 96-97
“Rinpa and Kyoto” in 琳派 : 京を彩る
Rinpa : miyako o irodoru
琳派 (Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan)
編集京都国立博物館, 日本経済新聞社 = Rinpa : the aesthetics of the capital / edited by Kyoto National Museum, Nikkei Inc.
[Tokyo] : 日本経済新聞社, 2015.; [Tokyo] : Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 2015.
Page V.
309, xxiii pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Japanese; English
