Okada Hankō

Okada Hankō (岡田 半江, 1782–1846)[1] was a Japanese painter during the Edo period,[2] who worked in the Nanga (also called literati or Bunjinga) style of painting. He was the son of the noted individualist Nanga painter and rice merchant, Okada Beisanjin.[3] Hankō was part of the third generation of literati painters in Japan, which had access to better access to Chinese paintings, imported through the city of Nagasaki, and were no longer dependent on painting handbooks and copies of Chinese originals. Hankō's paintings use sophisticated brushwork in complex compositions, with subtle colors added to the predominant black ink.[4]

Okada Hanko, Rain in the deep mountains (1841)

As with most Nanga painters, Hankō was not a true amateur in the Chinese literati tradition: both he and his father were of samurai rank, held positions the local government, and managed the family rice business. Hankō painted on commission, as well as for pleasure.

The family lived in a building in Ōsaka owned by Lord Tōdō. Beisanjin's painting studio (Seihan) was there as well, within view of the Yodo River.[5]

His works are held in institutions around the world, including in Japan, the Osaka Shiritsu Bijitsukan, Toyama Kinenkan (Saitama), and Idemitsu Museum of Arts (Tokyo), and in the US, the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[6] Honolulu Museum of Art,[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[9] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[2] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[10] as well as in many private collections.

See also

References
  1. Roberts, Laurance P. (1980). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Prints, Lacquer. New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill. p. 39. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2.
  2. "Autumn Landscape, Okada Hankō ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. Roberts, Laurance P. A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Prints, Lacquer. New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1980, p. 9. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2
  4. Shannon, Carol (1989). The late paintings of Okada Hankō (1782-1846) : master's essay submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Arts. Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 2–3.
  5. Shannon, Carol (1989). The late paintings of Okada Hankō (1782-1846). Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 5–6.
  6. "Landscape after Mi Fei (recto), Bamboo and Sparrows (verso)". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  7. "Lofty Pine Expressing Longevity (Kyōshō kyōju zu)". art.honolulumuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  8. "Exchange: Waterside Landscape". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  9. www.metmuseum.org https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/48997?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&what=Scroll+paintings&ft=okada&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2. Retrieved 2021-02-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Summer Landscape | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.



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