Hoitsu Sakai1761~1829 酒井抱一

SAKAI Hoitsu was a late Edo-period painter and haiku poet, born in Edo as the second son of Sakai Tadamochi, daimyo of Himeji domain. His given name was Tadanao, and he used art names including Hoitsu, Ukaan, and Oson. Privately devoting himself to the style of Ogata Korin, he established the decorative painting tradition known as Edo Rinpa. His masterpiece “Summer and Autumn Grasses” (Tokyo National Museum), painted on the reverse of Korin’s “Wind God and Thunder God Screens,” is particularly celebrated. After becoming a Buddhist priest in 1797, he continued vigorous activities in both painting and haiku poetry.