{"id":3349,"date":"2020-09-24T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T02:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T02:41:40","slug":"minagawa-kien-the-confucianist-chinese-style-landscape-painter-who-was-as-skilled-as-maruyama-okyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=3349","title":{"rendered":"Minagawa Kien: The Confucianist Chinese-Style Landscape Painter Who Was As Skilled As Maruyama \u014ckyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3350\" style=\"width: 321px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/417ce37e7a4a0e751f957939b71daaeb.jpg\" alt=\"Minagawa Kien by Tani Bunch&#333;\" width=\"321\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/417ce37e7a4a0e751f957939b71daaeb.jpg 321w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/417ce37e7a4a0e751f957939b71daaeb-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minagawa Kien by Tani Bunch&#333;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?glossary=minagawa-kien\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Minagawa Kien<\/a> was a Confucianist from the mid-Edo period. Trusted by many feudal lords, he opened a place of scholarship called the &lsquo;K&#333;d&#333;kan&rsquo; in Kyoto with their support. The 3000 apprentices that Kien had were not only ordinary people, and included daimy&#333;s as well.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kien tends to be spoken of as a scholar, he was also extremely skilled in painting. He first learned to paint from <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?glossary=glossary-3211\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Mochizuki Gyokusen (&#26395;&#26376;&#29577;&#34814;)<\/a>, later studied <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?glossary=okyo-maruyama\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Maruyama &#332;kyo<\/a>, and mainly created Nanga paintings. His strengths were exceptional when it came to Chinese-style landscape paintings, he was influential enough to be considered as a painter that was as skilled as his master &#332;kyo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3351 size-thumb725\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-725x525.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape Painting by Minagawa Kien\" width=\"725\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-725x525.jpg 725w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-2048x1484.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-530x384.jpg 530w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-565x409.jpg 565w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/03c9e807a4abaee0156339c45877d0dc-710x514.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3352 size-thumb725\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-301x725.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape Painting by Minagawa Kien\" width=\"301\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-301x725.jpg 301w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-124x300.jpg 124w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-425x1024.jpg 425w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-768x1852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-637x1536.jpg 637w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-849x2048.jpg 849w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-220x530.jpg 220w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-234x565.jpg 234w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e366fc1c5f7d760cbee2d1122bf761d1-scaled.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He furthermore poured his energy into flourishing the art scene. From 1792 to 1798, he held exhibitions in Higashiyama (Kyoto) for new calligraphy paintings every year in the spring and autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minagawa Kien was a Confucianist from the mid-Edo period. Trusted by many feudal lords, he opened a place of scholarship called the \u2018K\u014dd\u014dkan\u2019 in Kyoto with their support. The 3000 apprentices that Kien had were not only ordinary people, and included daimy\u014ds as well. Although Kien tends to be spoken of as a scholar, he was also extremely skilled in painting. He first learned to paint from Mochizuki Gyokusen (\u671b\u6708\u7389\u87fe), later studied Maruyama \u014ckyo, and mainly created Nanga paintings. His strengths were exceptional when it came to Chinese-style landscape paintings, he was influential enough to be considered as a painter that was as skilled as his master \u014ckyo. 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