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Ichikawa Beian was a prominent calligrapher, collector, and scholar of the late [[Edo period]]. Considered one of the three greatest calligraphers of his time, he also amassed a collection of over one thousand paintings, works of calligraphy, antiquities, rubbings, and the like, from both China and Japan.
Ichikawa Beian was a prominent calligrapher, collector, and scholar of the late [[Edo period]]. Considered one of the three greatest calligraphers of his time, he also amassed a collection of over one thousand paintings, works of calligraphy, antiquities, rubbings, and the like, from both China and Japan.
Beian was a grandson of calligrapher Ichikawa Randai<!--市河蘭台-->, who had studied under [[Hosoi Kotaku|Hosoi Kôtaku]]<!--細井広沢-->. His father was Randai's son [[Ichikawa Kansai]]<!--市河寛斎-->, a head of the [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôheizaka gakumonjo]]. Beian studied under his father as well as under [[Shibano Ritsuzan]], becoming expert at Japanese calligraphy but ultimately finding a far greater passion for Chinese calligraphy.
In [[1848]], Beian organized the publication of a catalog of a selection of his collection. Entitled ''[[shozanrindo shoga bunbo zuroku|Shôzanrindô shoga bunbô zuroku]]'' ("Illustrated Catalog of Calligraphy, Paintings, and Stationery from the Shôzanrindô Collection"), the catalog included not only reproductions of roughly 260 works from Beian's collection, but also descriptions of each object, including media, dimensions, method of acquisition, and artists' notes.
In [[1848]], Beian organized the publication of a catalog of a selection of his collection. Entitled ''[[shozanrindo shoga bunbo zuroku|Shôzanrindô shoga bunbô zuroku]]'' ("Illustrated Catalog of Calligraphy, Paintings, and Stationery from the Shôzanrindô Collection"), the catalog included not only reproductions of roughly 260 works from Beian's collection, but also descriptions of each object, including media, dimensions, method of acquisition, and artists' notes.
