Maruyama Okyo
【Turtles playing under the setting sun】
Title
Turtles playing under the setting sun
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 40.5 × H 99.5 cm (Image) ・ W 52.5 × H 182 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1777 at the age of 45.
Condition: slightly creased on the image / slightly damaged on the box
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".