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[[Image:King Sho Nei.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A posthumous portrait of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] (r. 1587-1620), painted by Shô Genko in 1796.]]
*''Born: [[1784]]''
*''Died: [[1841]]''
*''Other Names'': 小橋川朝安 ''(Kobashigawa Tomoyasu)''
*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''
Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Tomoyasu, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. He is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of the kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.
Many of his works were stored at his former home for many years, but most were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41733-storytopic-121.html 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.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Born: [[1784]]''
*''Died: [[1841]]''
*''Other Names'': 小橋川朝安 ''(Kobashigawa Tomoyasu)''
*''Japanese'': [[向]]元瑚 ''(Shou Genko)''
Shô Genko, also known by the [[Okinawan name|Japanese-style name]] Kobashigawa Tomoyasu, was a painter who served under five successive kings of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. He is best known for his posthumous royal portraits of the kings of the kingdom, but is said to have also been a master of, in particular, [[bird-and-flower painting]], and paintings of tigers.
Many of his works were stored at his former home for many years, but most were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41733-storytopic-121.html 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.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]