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*''Born: [[1663]], Kyoto''
*''Died: [[1743]]''
*''Japanese'': [[尾形]]乾山 ''(Ogata Kenzan)''
Ogata Kenzan was a significant [[Edo period]] ceramics artist, famous too as a poet, calligrapher, and [[tea ceremony]] aficionado. Along with his elder brother, the painter [[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]], he may be considered a co-founder of the [[Rinpa school]] of art.
His father Ogata Sôken died in [[1687]]. Originally named Ogata Gonpei, and also known as Shinsei, he took on the [[art-name]] Ogata Kenzan in [[1699]]. That same year he had a kiln built in Narutaki near [[Ninna-ji]] (on the outskirts of Kyoto), and began producing ceramics.
In [[1709]], Kôrin returned to Kyoto, and began collaborating more closely with Kenzan once again. Kenzan then relocated from Narutaki to central Kyoto in [[1712]], and began focusing more on decoration than on ceramic production, ordering ceramic blanks from area kilns rather than making his own.
It is unclear how much longer he remained in Kyoto, with some sources indicating he was in [[Edo]] from [[1711]] to [[1734]], and others that Kenzan moved to Edo in [[1731]]. In any case, he entered the service, or perhaps merely the circle, of the abbot of [[Kan'ei-ji]], and established a kiln at Iriya. The local Rotary Club today maintains a marker or sign, noting the former location of that kiln.
He died in [[1743]] at the age of 81, and was buried at Zen'yô-ji in Edo's Shitaya Sakamoto neighborhood. However, over the years, his grave fell out of memory, until [[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] sought it out and discovered it in [[1823]], erecting a new stone marker. Four years earlier, Hôitsu had overseen restoration efforts at Kôrin's grave. Zen'yô-ji moved to a new location, in [[Toshima-ku]], when [[Ueno Station]] was expanded in the late [[Meiji period]] (c. 1900-1912), and Kenzan's grave marker came to be located in the gardens of the Kokka Club, in Uguisudani. Then, in 1921, it was moved to Kan'ei-ji, being moved once again sometime afterward to Zen'yô-ji's new location in Tôshima-ku. Meanwhile, in 1932, memorial markers for Kenzan were re-erected at Kan'ei-ji, where they are still visible today.
Plaques at [[Myoken-ji|Myôken-ji]] (the site of Kôrin's grave) in Kyoto, however, claim that Kenzan's grave is located there.<ref>Plaques at Myôken-ji, Kyoto.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/4690170797/in/photostream/]</ref>
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529651094/]
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: [[1743]]''
*''Japanese'': [[尾形]]乾山 ''(Ogata Kenzan)''
Ogata Kenzan was a significant [[Edo period]] ceramics artist, famous too as a poet, calligrapher, and [[tea ceremony]] aficionado. Along with his elder brother, the painter [[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]], he may be considered a co-founder of the [[Rinpa school]] of art.
His father Ogata Sôken died in [[1687]]. Originally named Ogata Gonpei, and also known as Shinsei, he took on the [[art-name]] Ogata Kenzan in [[1699]]. That same year he had a kiln built in Narutaki near [[Ninna-ji]] (on the outskirts of Kyoto), and began producing ceramics.
In [[1709]], Kôrin returned to Kyoto, and began collaborating more closely with Kenzan once again. Kenzan then relocated from Narutaki to central Kyoto in [[1712]], and began focusing more on decoration than on ceramic production, ordering ceramic blanks from area kilns rather than making his own.
It is unclear how much longer he remained in Kyoto, with some sources indicating he was in [[Edo]] from [[1711]] to [[1734]], and others that Kenzan moved to Edo in [[1731]]. In any case, he entered the service, or perhaps merely the circle, of the abbot of [[Kan'ei-ji]], and established a kiln at Iriya. The local Rotary Club today maintains a marker or sign, noting the former location of that kiln.
He died in [[1743]] at the age of 81, and was buried at Zen'yô-ji in Edo's Shitaya Sakamoto neighborhood. However, over the years, his grave fell out of memory, until [[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] sought it out and discovered it in [[1823]], erecting a new stone marker. Four years earlier, Hôitsu had overseen restoration efforts at Kôrin's grave. Zen'yô-ji moved to a new location, in [[Toshima-ku]], when [[Ueno Station]] was expanded in the late [[Meiji period]] (c. 1900-1912), and Kenzan's grave marker came to be located in the gardens of the Kokka Club, in Uguisudani. Then, in 1921, it was moved to Kan'ei-ji, being moved once again sometime afterward to Zen'yô-ji's new location in Tôshima-ku. Meanwhile, in 1932, memorial markers for Kenzan were re-erected at Kan'ei-ji, where they are still visible today.
Plaques at [[Myoken-ji|Myôken-ji]] (the site of Kôrin's grave) in Kyoto, however, claim that Kenzan's grave is located there.<ref>Plaques at Myôken-ji, Kyoto.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/4690170797/in/photostream/]</ref>
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529651094/]
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]