| Born the eldest child of Odagiri Matsusaburô, a samurai retainer to the Owari Tokugawa clan, he received a regular [[stipend]] of 100 ''[[koku]]''. | | Born the eldest child of Odagiri Matsusaburô, a samurai retainer to the Owari Tokugawa clan, he received a regular [[stipend]] of 100 ''[[koku]]''. |
− | He studied under [[Koriki Tanenobu|Kôriki Tanenobu]]<!--高力種信, aka 猿猴庵 Enkôan-->, illustrating secondary copies of Tanenobu's books, as well as producing his own for the [[kashihonya|booklender]] [[Onoya Sohachi|Ônoya Sôhachi]], before beginning study under [[Mori Koga|Mori Kôga]]<!--森高雅-->, a specialist in color. He served in a number of low- to mid-ranking positions, including as ''[[umamawari]]'' (guard), ''shoinban'' (guard of the study), and other positions. In [[1865]], he produced two significant paintings at the order of the domain: ''Owari shi'' and ''Mino shi''. Along with [[Okada Kei]]<!--岡田啓--> he also produced the ''Owari meisho zue'', a collection of [[meisho|famous places]] of the Owari area. His other works include ''Owari eiketsu gaden''<!--尾張英傑画伝-->, a handscroll painting of the lord's ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' procession, and a number of maps of [[Owari province|Owari]] and other provinces, as well as works depicting the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], including the ''[[Ryukyu gashi|Ryûkyû gashi]]'' aka ''Meiyô kenbun zue''. | + | He studied under [[Koriki Tanenobu|Kôriki Tanenobu]]<!--高力種信, aka 猿猴庵 Enkôan-->, illustrating secondary copies of Tanenobu's books, as well as producing his own for the [[kashihonya|booklender]] [[Onoya Sohachi|Ônoya Sôhachi]], before beginning study under [[Mori Koga|Mori Kôga]]<!--森高雅-->, a specialist in color. He served in a number of low- to mid-ranking positions, including as ''[[umamawari]]'' (guard), ''shoinban'' (guard of the study), and other positions. In [[1865]], he produced two significant paintings at the order of the domain: ''Owari shi'' and ''Mino shi''. Along with [[Okada Kei]]<!--岡田啓--> he also produced the ''Owari meisho zue'', a collection of [[meisho|famous places]] of the Owari area. His other works include ''Owari eiketsu gaden''<!--尾張英傑画伝-->, a handscroll painting of the lord's ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' procession, and a number of maps of [[Owari province|Owari]] and other provinces, as well as works depicting the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], including the ''[[Ryukyu gashi|Ryûkyû gashi]]'' and ''[[Meiyo kenbun zue|Meiyô kenbun zue]]''. |