Saturday 9 February 2013

Tawaraya Sotatsu

Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sōtatsu ( fl. early 17th century) was a Japanese artist and also the co-founder of the Rimpa school of Japanese painting. Sōtatsu began to work as a fan-painter in Kyoto. Later, he rose to work for the court as a producer of fine decorated papers for calligraphy. He was highly influenced by Kyoto’s courtly culture. Sōtatsu met the great designer and calligrapher Hon’ami Koetsu, and painted under-designs in gold and silver for his writing. Sōtatsu excelled in projects that needed careful placing of decorative screens and fans, and took this to its highest level. He pioneered a new boldness of color and line. He popularized a technique called tarashikomi, which was carried out by dropping one color onto another while the first was still wet. 
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu
Tawaraya Sotatsu

          

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