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One Hundred Paintings by Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu) : [volume 1]

Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828 · 1815 · Edo : Seiundō [Hanabusa Bunzō] · 6 pictures

Kōrin hyakuzu is a volume of one hundred paintings by Ogata Kōrin, reproduced by Sakai Hōitsu and published in Edo in 1815 by Seiundō for artists and students of the Rinpa school. The pages show ink-line sketches of tigers, birds, plants, figures and a dragon in framed panels with calligraphic inscriptions, with loose brushwork, empty space and cropped compositions a designer could adapt for simple motifs, borders and asymmetric layouts.

Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828

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