{"id":6114,"date":"2022-11-21T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2022-11-09T18:16:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:16:19","slug":"japan-art-news-special-exhibition-of-original-sliding-door-paintings-by-edo-period-master-painter-maruyama-okyo-at-a-temple-associated-with-him-for-the-first-time-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6114","title":{"rendered":"Japan Art News | Special Exhibition of Original Sliding Door Paintings by Edo Period Master Painter Maruyama \u014ckyo at a Temple Associated with Him, for the First Time in 13 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maruyama Ōkyo<\/a> was a genius painter active in Kyoto in the mid-Edo period of the 18th century.<\/p>\n

In Kyoto in the 18th century, many genius painters such as Itō Jakuchū<\/a>, Soga Shōhaku<\/a>, Ikeno Taiga<\/a>, Yosa Buson<\/a>, Matsumura Goshun<\/a> and Nagasawa Rosetsu<\/a> competed with each other, but the king of them all was Maruyama Ōkyo, who dominated with his realistic style and formed a school of painting.<\/p>\n

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Maruyama Ōkyo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maruyama Ōkyo led the sliding door paintings project at the Daijō-ji temple in Kasumi-ku, Kami-chō, Hyōgo Prefecture, in his final years. 165 paintings were completed.<\/p>\n

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The Daijō-ji temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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