Maruyama Okyo
【Playing rabbits】
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on paper
wooden boxed
Size : W 53.5 × H 33.5 cm (Image) ・ W 65.5 × H 124.5 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1770 at the age of 38.
Condition: slightly creased
trace of repair on the mount
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".