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Korin OGATA  -  1658-1716      Master of the Rimpa School

Korin Ogata was a painter of the Rimpa School. But he was also a very versatile artisan who worked in ceramics, textile designs and lacquer ware. Korin Ogata's style of nature paintings influenced generations of artists after him. His designs were copied until the 20th century.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:
  • Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
  • Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
  • Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
  • Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
  • Annual CWAJ catalogs