Ogawa Haritsu

A group of inro by Haritsu (left and right) and his student Kanô Jukkyoku (middle two), on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Born: 1663
• Died: 1747

Ogawa Haritsu was an illustrator and lacquerware designer of the late 17th to mid-18th centuries. His works include Chichi no on, a 1730 book he illustrated alongside Hanabusa Ippô in memory of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô I.

Haritsu's students included Kanô Jukkyoku, who also became a notable inro designer.

References

• Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum.[1]
• Roger Keyes, Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan, New York Public Library (2006), 72-74.