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*''Born: [[1558]]''
*''Born: [[1558]]''
*''Died: [[1637]]''
*''Died: [[1637]]/2/3''
*''Japanese'': 本阿弥光悦 ''(Hon'ami Kouetsu)''
*''Japanese'': 本阿弥光悦 ''(Hon'ami Kouetsu)''
Hon'ami Kôetsu was an artist, known chiefly for his calligraphy, pottery, and lacquerware. He was also an accomplished potter and [[tea ceremony]] practitioner. Along with [[Tawaraya Sotatsu|Tawaraya Sôtatsu]], with whom he worked closely, he is considered one of the forerunners of the [[Rinpa]] style, which was founded by [[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]] roughly a century later explicitly imitating and reviving the style of Kôetsu and Sôtatsu.
He was known as one of the "Three Brushes of the Kan'ei era," i.e. one of the three most celebrated calligraphers, alongside [[Shokado Shojo|Shôkadô Shôjô]] and [[Konoe Nobutada]].
Kôetsu was born into a long lineage of expert sword connoisseurs; the experts of the Hon'ami family gradually expanded into connoisseurs of calligraphy and other arts as well. Kôetsu's great-grandfather [[Honami Kiyonobu|Hon'ami Kiyonobu]] served Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] as an official sword appraiser and expert for the shogunate. Kôetsu's father Hon'ami Kôji, along with Kôetsu himself, played a significant role in funding the [[1587]] relocation and reconstruction of [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] temple. Kôetsu designed a garden for the temple, and it became the Hon'ami family temple, maintaining strong connections to the family for decades or centuries to come.
Kôetsu was born into a long lineage of expert sword connoisseurs; the experts of the Hon'ami family gradually expanded into connoisseurs of calligraphy and other arts as well. Kôetsu's great-grandfather [[Honami Kiyonobu|Hon'ami Kiyonobu]] served Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] as an official sword appraiser and expert for the shogunate. Kôetsu's father Hon'ami Kôji, along with Kôetsu himself, played a significant role in funding the [[1587]] relocation and reconstruction of [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] temple. Kôetsu designed a garden for the temple, and it became the Hon'ami family temple, maintaining strong connections to the family for decades or centuries to come.