Soga Shōhaku

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Soga Shōhaku
Soga Shohaku, Japanese (1730–1781), Shoki Ensnaring a Demon in a Spider Web, 18th century, Japan, Edo period, Two-fold screen; ink on paper, Kimbell Art Museum.jpg
Shoki Ensnaring a Demon in a Spider Web by Soga Shōhaku. Ink on papered folding screen. Photograph by Kimbell Art Museum.
Born
Miura Sakonjirō

1730
Either Ise or Kyōto[1]
Died(1781-01-30)30 January 1781[1]
Kyōto
NationalityJapanese
OccupationPainter

Soga Shōhaku (曾我蕭白) (1730–1781) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. Shōhaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.[1]

Shōhaku's birth name was Miura Sakonjirō. His family was wealthy, but all of his immediate family members died before he reached the age of 18.

Work and studies[]

As a young man, he was a student of of the prominent Kanō School, which drew upon Chinese techniques and subject matters.[2] His disillusionment with the school led him to appreciate the works of Muromachi era painter Soga Jasoku. He began to use the earlier style of brushstroke, painting mostly monochromes, despite the fact it had become unfashionable.[1]

His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the Brooklyn Museum,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[5] the Princeton University Art Museum,[6] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[7] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[8] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[9] the Birmingham Museum of Art,[10] the Walters Art Museum,[11] the British Museum,[12] the Harvard Art Museums,[13] the Dallas Museum of Art,[14] and the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.[15]

Gallery[]

  • The Daoist Immortal: Li Tieguai and Liu Haichan (Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

  • Orchid pavilion gathering (National Gallery of Victoria)

  • The Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine (Indianapolis Museum of Art)

  • Beauty (Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)

  • Sessen Dōji-zu (Mie Prefectural Art Museum)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Soga Shōhaku". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ Aviman, Galit (2014). Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868): Playfulness and Freedom in the Artwork of Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon. New York: Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-140947-04-27.
  3. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ www.metmuseum.org https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53410?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Soga+Sh%C5%8Dhaku&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Learning from Asian Art: Japan". www.philamuseum.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Teaching Inspires Major Acquisition | Princeton University Art Museum". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bo Le [right of a pair of the Legends of Xu You, Chao Fu, and Bo Le], Soga Shōhaku ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Dragon Amid Waves | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Pair of Hawks with Branch and Blossoms". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Landscape | Birmingham Museum of Art". Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Lan-ting Pavilion". The Walters Art Museum. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  12. ^ "hanging scroll; painting | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. ^ Harvard. "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Ink Landscape". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Kanzan - DMA Collection Online". www.dma.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Waterfall | Soga Shohaku | Profile of Works". TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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