Artist
Honami Kōetsu
Japanese, 1558–1637
Honami Kōetsu was a Japanese Rinpa school artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Honami Kōetsu was born in Kyoto.
Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese: 本阿弥 光悦; 1558 – 27 February 1637) was a Japanese calligrapher, craftsman, lacquerer, potter, landscape gardener, connoisseur of swords and a devotee of the tea ceremony. His works are generally considered to have inspired the founding of the Rinpa school of painting. Robert Hughes of Time Asia wrote that in Japan, Kōetsu is "a national treasure several times over, about as famous there as Benvenuto Cellini is in the West", even though in the United States he is "scarcely known".
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