Sho Genko

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A posthumous portrait of King Shô Nei (r. 1587-1620), painted by Shô Genko in 1796.
  • Born: 1784/11/13
  • Died: 1841/12/9
  • Other Names: 小橋川朝安　(Kobashigawa Chouan)
  • Japanese: 向元瑚 (Shou Genko)

Shô Genko, also known by the Japanese-style name Kobashigawa Chôan, was a painter who served under five successive kings of Ryûkyû. The first painter to ever be elevated to the rank of ueekata,[1] he is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of multiple kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, bird-and-flower painting, and paintings of tigers.

Genko was born in Shuri, and began teaching Chinese-style painting in Kagoshima in 1801.[1]

He was elevated to the rank of ueekata in 1843.[2]

Many of his works were stored at his former home for many years, but most were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.

References

  • "Shô Genko." Okinawa konpakuto jiten (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003. Accessed 22 February 2010.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.
  2. ↑ Okinawa bijutsu zenshû vol 6, Okinawa Times (1989), 65.
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