Taruya Soda paintings Smithsonian American Art Museum · Collection.
This school of decorative painting, which was derived from Yamato-e, became popular in Japan in the 17th century and flourished in the Edo period. The art of the Lin School is mainly based on screen paintings, which affect clothing, books, tea bowls, inkstone boxes, fans, sachets, lacquerware and other fields. In relation to social life, the Lin school skillfully shaped the three eras of Kanyong, Yuanlu, and Kanbao.
Suzuki one of the four seasons flower tree figure screen.
Considering the origin of the Lin School, it is generally believed that the great artist Honami Mitsuyue was the founder of his thoughts, Omoiya Soda was the founder, and Ogata Korinshi was the master, so the Lin School is also the abbreviation of the Zongda Kolin School. This school of painting pursues the pure decorative aesthetics of the Japanese style, and occupies an important position in the history of art in Japan and even the world, and even has an influence on the decoration and aesthetic style of Japan to this day.
Taitenji, Fan Scattered Screen, Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Early Japanese culture was mainly influenced by the Tang and Song dynasties in China, and was popular among the royal family and aristocracy, and since the Yuan Dynasty, there has been less communication between China and Japan, and Japan has begun to develop its own unique oriental aesthetics. The famous Japanese historian Kato once said that this kind of aesthetic from the court has a great impact on the aesthetic consciousness of the entire nation, and has even become the mainstream form.
Ohara Miyuki screen.
Pine bird figure screen.
The Lin faction did not come from China and was not directly influenced by European colonization. Mainly due to the social and political stability, economic development, and the rise of the status of citizens in the Edo period, the highly educated craftsmen, merchants, and burghers began to develop this unique art style.
Daisy screen. 
White Rakura tea bowl Ben Ami Mitsuyue.
In 1615, Honami Mitsuyue acquired Kyoto Eagle Peak from Tokugawa Ieyasu as a fief, and led his clansmen, craftsmen, and retinue to develop this place into the Koyue Art Village, which can be traced back to the starting point of the birth of the Rin school.
Honami Mitsu Yue pen Omoiya Sonda painted "Tsurushita Painted Wakatsu".
Honami Mitsuyue's pursuit of dynastic aesthetics also influenced another later painter, Omodaya Sotatsu, who incorporated Yamato-e techniques to establish a new style of painting that reflected the spirit of the emerging burghers.
Ogata Korin, Hatsuhashi screen.
The culmination of the art of the Lin School is Ogata Korin and his younger brother Ogata Qianshan. Born into a family of famous craftsmen in Kyoto, they were attracted to the works of Sonda from an early age, and after inheriting Sonda and inheriting Sonada's creative aesthetic, they became the masters of the Rin School.
Ogata dry mountain tea bowl.
Ogata dry mountain tea bowl.
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The main style of Linpai art is the use of gold leaf as a background, using an unconventional composition, and repeatedly using decorative patterns of the same shape to highlight its decorative characteristics. The content is mostly based on flowers, birds, beasts and landscapes. In order to highlight its gorgeous decoration, techniques such as "cutting gold" and "sprinkling gold" are often used.
Omodaya Sodatsu, Wind God and Thunder God Screen, 17th century, Collection of Kyoto National Museum.
Table House Zongda Wind God Thunder God Screen Partial.
Table House Zongda Wind God Thunder God Screen Partial.
Omodaya Sotatsu's most famous work is the "Wind God Thunder God Screen", which is currently in the collection of Kenninji Temple in Kyoto, which uses a large area of gold leaf as the background color to represent the sky, and adds a large amount of silver to the depiction of the figures, increasing the contrast and layering of the picture, making the picture more vivid and three-dimensional.
Omodaya Soda The Tale of Genji Sekiya Mio Screen Detail.
Omodaya Soda The Tale of Genji Sekiya Mio Screen Detail.
Another painting in the collection of the Seikado Museum of Art in Tokyo, "The Tale of Genji Sekiya Mio Screen", draws on the story of the dynastic literature "The Tale of Genji", and adopts a unique painting method, using gold as the base, ensuring the decorative character of the traditional screen while abstractly outlining the outline of the landscape. From this work, it is not difficult to see the core of the early Lin School art.
Mitsuharashi Ogata Red and White Plum Picture Screen, Collection of MOA Art Museum.
Ogata light forest red and white plum picture screen detail.
Ogata Guanglin has two national treasure-level masterpieces - "Red and White Plum Picture Screen" and "Swallow Flower Picture Screen". Among them, the composition of "Red and White Plum Screen" completely subverts the composition of traditional painting, the picture represents the river with an abstract line, cutting longitudinally from the middle of the screen, and the two plum blossoms stand on both sides of the river, quite a sparse shadow and horizontal oblique, and the artistic conception of dark fragrance floating.
Tail shape light forest swallow flower picture screen.
"Swallow Flower Picture Screen" highlights the minimalist elements in the exquisite painting style. It is still based on gold leaf, and the outline of the leaves is outlined with emerald green, and then the ultramarine is used to decorate the flowers. In the composition, the main body of the swallow flower is almost retained, and other embellishments are regarded as cumbersome and discarded. The concise picture makes the layers between the branches and leaves more distinct, as if they are swaying right in front of you.
Ogata Korin, autumn sketch screen.
Ogata Korin, white rakura sky picture screen.
By the end of the 18th century, an excellent successor of the Rinpai had appeared, Sakai Keiichi. Since he was a child, he has been madly admiring Ogata Guanglin, and has collected Guanglin's paintings extensively throughout his life, and has also compiled works such as "Guanglin Hundred Pictures", "Ogata Liuyin Spectrum" and "Qianshan Relics".
Sakai holds a persimmon picture screen.
Sakai hugs a screen of flowers and birds in four seasons.
Sakai Kaichi Summer and Autumn Sketch Screen Collection of Tokyo National Museum.
Sakai's works draw on the elegance of Korin, while paying more attention to the integration with nature. This "Summer and Autumn Sketch Screen" shows more of the natural beauty of flowers and streams in summer and autumn, and the charm of the alternation of seasons is revealed throughout the painting.
Suzuki one of the face picture screen.
Sakai Kaichi's ** Suzuki Keichi is also a representative of the Edo period Lin School. The shadow of the master hugging one can be seen everywhere in his works, but it also has its own unique innovations. In "Morning Glory Screen", morning glories compete to bloom, seemingly simple shapes and colors, but give people a vibrant scene.
Suzuki one of the four seasons flower tree figure screen.
Suzuki one of the summer and autumn stream figure screens.
Suzuki one of the summer and autumn stream figure screen partial.
Compared with the early works of the Lin School, in the generation of Suzuki Keichi, the content is more about flowers and birds. Abandoning the cumbersome scene composition and paying more attention to the depicted scenery itself, the Japanese aesthetic has completed the transformation from complex and gorgeous to simple and exquisite.
Kamisaka Yukika Swallow flower picture screen.
Known as the last Rin School painter in Japanese history, Kamisaka Yukika's paintings all reveal the ultimate simplicity, from the shape to the color, there is nothing superfluous. At this point, the Lin School has been transformed into a kind of original beauty that returns to the basics. Due to Kamisaka's experimentation with various media and his admiration for handmade, he is known as the ancestor of modern Japanese design.
Hoichi Sakai Cleveland Museum of Art · Collection.
Ogata Dry Mountain, Cedar Branch, Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Mitsuru Ogata Chrysanthemum Stream Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Tatsuya Soda, Thor, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Taraya Soda Ivy, Bridge & Floating and Fan Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Hoichi Sakai Thirty-Six Poets Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Yukika Kamisaka, Pine Fishing Village, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Yukika Kamisaka, Reeds Under the Moon, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Yukika Kamisaka, Nonomiya Shinsha, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Yukika Kamisaka, High Tide, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Yukika Kamisaka, Egret, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Yoshinaka Nakamura, Lang, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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