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*''Born: [[1784]]/11/13''

*''Born: [[1784]]/11/13''

*''Died: [[1841]]/12/9''

*''Died: [[1841]]/12/9''

*''Other Names'': 小橋川朝安　''(Kobashigawa Tomoyasu)''

*''Other Names'': 小橋川朝安　''(Kobashigawa Chouan)''

*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''

*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''

Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Tomoyasu, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. He is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of the kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.

Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Chôan, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. The first painter to ever be elevated to the rank of ''ueekata'',<ref name=junko>Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref> he is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of the kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.

Genko was born in [[Shuri]], and was elevated to the [[Ryukyuan court ranks|rank]] of ''ueekata'' in [[1843]].<ref>''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' vol 6, Okinawa Times (1989), 65.</ref>

Genko was born in [[Shuri]], and began teaching Chinese-style painting in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1801]].<ref name=junko/>

 

He was elevated to the [[Ryukyuan court ranks|rank]] of ''ueekata'' in [[1843]].<ref>''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' vol 6, Okinawa Times (1989), 65.</ref>

Many of his works were stored at his former home for many years, but most were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.

Many of his works were stored at his former home for many years, but most were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.