Sakai Hōitsu masterpieces

Cherry blossom screen
Cherry blossom screen

In art, there is neither past nor future.  The art that is not in the present will never be - Picasso

Sakai Hōitsu's poetry of Nature

Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) born Sakai Tadamoto was a Japanese painter, poet of the Rinpa school, and also a master of ink, of the late Edo period (= Tokugawa period, 1603-1867)*.  Known for his revival of the art of Rinpa-school master Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) and for his polychrome paintings in the Rinpa style.
Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858) studied painting under Sakai Hōitsu and became also one of the great masters of the Rinpa school.

In 1797, due to his poor health, he became a holy Buddhist monk at the Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple.
In 1815, to commemorate an exhibition of Ogata Korin's paintings on the centennial of his death, he published One Hundred Paintings by Korin, woodblock print reproductions of paintings by the master.
Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn, painting on a pair of two-folded screens is his famous artwork.

* The Edo Period or Tokugawa period refers to the period between 1603 and 1868, when the Tokugawa family ruled Japan; and often referred to as Japan's “early modern” era; a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Favourite masterpieces

Blossoming cherry and magnolia
Camellia and cherry
Cherry blossom screen 
Flowers and Grasses of Summer and Autumn (folding screen)
Flowers of the 4 seasons
Heron and irises
Heron and reed
Iris
Iris and mandarin ducks
Maple tree screen
Moon and autumn plants
Morning glory and blackberry lily
Periwinkle and hydrangea
Persimmon on tree
Poppies
Poppies and morning glories
Sparrows amongst hollyhocks
Tiger Lily
Sunflower and japanese primrose
White mums and bush clover
Heron and Irises, Untitled
Heron and Irises
Untitled

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