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Yokoi Kinkoku was an [[Edo period]] [[literati painting|literati painter]], poet, seal-carver, ceramics artist, and monk. He studied under [[Yosa Buson]]. | Yokoi Kinkoku was an [[Edo period]] [[literati painting|literati painter]], poet, seal-carver, ceramics artist, and monk. He studied under [[Yosa Buson]]. | ||
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| + | Kinkoku relocated a number of times over the course of his life, spending time in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Nagoya]], [[Omi province|Ômi province]], and [[Nagasaki]]. A Buddhist priest early in his life, he left that life after his temple burned down, and turned to ''[[shugendo|shûgendô]]'', traveling and climbing mountains as a form of religious practice. | ||
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| + | He later studied under Yosa Buson, and became prolific as a literati painter, as well as in a number of other arts. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*Gallery labels, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999.16. | *Gallery labels, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999.16. | ||
| + | *Yokoi Kinkoku, "Portrait of Kagekiyo," Gallery labels, LACMA. M.85-273.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16128161678/sizes/l] | ||
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]] | [[Category:Artists and Artisans]] | ||
[[Category:Edo Period]] | [[Category:Edo Period]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:52, 9 December 2016
Peace and Prosperity Under Heaven, 1809. Detail. Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Yokoi Kinkoku was an Edo period literati painter, poet, seal-carver, ceramics artist, and monk. He studied under Yosa Buson.
Kinkoku relocated a number of times over the course of his life, spending time in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Ômi province, and Nagasaki. A Buddhist priest early in his life, he left that life after his temple burned down, and turned to shûgendô, traveling and climbing mountains as a form of religious practice.
He later studied under Yosa Buson, and became prolific as a literati painter, as well as in a number of other arts.
References
- Gallery labels, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999.16.
- Yokoi Kinkoku, "Portrait of Kagekiyo," Gallery labels, LACMA. M.85-273.[1]
