Studio: international art (31.1904)

painter. In pictures of all styles and schools influenced by Sotatsu, is still more remarkable in
flowers are introduced, although, it may be, only its individualism. Korin was probably the greatest
as subordinate features. In Buddhist and Tosa of Japanese decorative artists. He was never a
drawings they are less prominent than in those of popular one, and probably never will become so,
the Kano and Shijo schools, where, frequently, but his design is distinguished by remarkable
they play an important role. power in massing and composition. His works

Sotatsu was an artist of great ability and much in lacquer, well known to all collectors, place him
originality, who lived in the middle of the seven- upon a pinnacle higher than that of his fellows,
teenth century. Originally a pupil of Kano-Yasu- Genuine examples of his paintings are of great
nobu, he afterwards worked in the classic Tosa rarity, but the reproductions from his drawings
school, but later in life developed an individual here illustrated, give some idea of his treatment of
style of great decorative ,
beauty.

Two examples of his
work are here illustrated.
One, in two sections (pages
196 and 197), is a mixed
group of spring flowers;
the other, reproduced in
colours, represents the
pa?ony and convolvulus.
The method of drawing
employed by this great
painter is well shown in
the examples.

The style adopted by
Korin, who lived in the
latter part of the seven-
teenth century, although flowers in silhouette by korin

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