Maruyama Okyo
【In a gorge】
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed (signed by Okutani Shuseki / double)
Size : W 35.5 × H 93 cm (Image) ・ W 49 × H 178 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1786 at the age of 53.
Condition: slightly creased, stained on the image
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".