Maruyama Okyo
【Persimmons and a warbling white-eye】
Title
Persimmons and a warbling white-eye
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed
Size : W 53.5 × H 36.5 cm (Image) ・ W 57 × H 127.5 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly creased, slightly damaged on the mount / slightly creased on the image
Exhibit and attached in "Edo-Painting Drawing Class"(Fuchu Art Museum / 2023)
Artist History
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was a Japanese painter from the mid-Edo period. The founder of the Maruyama school. He learned painting methods of the Kano school from Ishida Yutei and distinguished himself as a painter. He is also known for placing the utmost importance on sketching. He taught many of his disciples, including the major painters called "the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School".