Honami Koetsu

• Japanese: 本阿弥光悦 (Hon'ami Kouetsu)

Hon'ami Kôetsu was an artist, known chiefly for his calligraphy, pottery, and lacquerware. Along with Tawaraya Sôtatsu, with whom he worked closely, he is considered one of the forerunners of the Rinpa style, which was founded by Ogata Kôrin roughly a century later explicitly imitating and reviving the style of Kôetsu and Sôtatsu.