- Born: 1866
- Died: 1942
- Japanese: 神坂雪佳 (Kamisaka Sekka)
Kamisaka Sekka was a late Rinpa school artist of the Meiji period, known both for his paintings and for his work in lacquerwares and other decorative art forms.
Born into a samurai family, the son of an imperial bodyguard, Kamisaka Sekka was originally trained in the Shijô school style of painting. He traveled to the Glasgow World's Exposition in 1910, where he was exposed to Art Nouveau, and soon after his return to Japan, found a renewed interest in decorative arts & objects, and began working with laquerers, potters, and textile artists.
References
- Gallery labels, "Autumn Maple," LACMA, M.2002.5.