Plum Trees right of a pair of Plum Trees and Hollyhocks, first half 18th century, Ogata Kenzan, Japanese, 1663 - 1743, 43 5/8 × 113 5/8 in. ( × cm) (image)44 7/8 × 115 1/8 × 5/8 in. ( × × cm), Ink and color on gilded paper, Japan, 18th century, Ogata Kenzan is best known as a potter, but he was also a successful painter, especially after moving from Kyoto to Edo in his late sixties. Kenzan was the younger brother of painter Ogata Kōrin, from whom the decorative Rinpa school takes its name—rin from Kōrin paired with pa, meaning 'school.' On a ground of gold leaf

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