Enjoy the summery scenes on fan paintings from the Chinese and Japanese reserve collection.
Hatta Koshū was a native of Kyoto, who studied with Maruyama Ōkyo and was known for his figures as well as his depictions of flowers and fish, which he executed with a soft, delicate touch and great skill with his brush. He was also a book illustrator and was honoured with the title ‘hokkyō’, the third-highest rank awarded to artists in the Edo period.
Katz, Janice, Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, with an introductory essay by Oliver Impey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2003), cat. supp. no. 15 on p. 205, illus. p. 205 fig. 15
Hillier, J., The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings, copyright owned by Michael Harari, 3 vols (London: Lund Humphries, 1973), no. 330 on p. 556, illus. p. 558 fig. 330
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