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Soga Shohaku

Soga Shohaku (1730 - 1781) was active/lived in Japan.  Soga Shohaku is known for Monochrome ink painting on screens about Chinese legends.

Soga Shohaku (????) (1730–1781) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. Shohaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.

Shohaku's birth name was Miura Sakonjiro. His family was wealthy, but all of his immediate family members died before he reached the age of 18.

As a young man, he was a student of Takada Keiho of the prominent Kano School, which drew upon Chinese techniques and subject matters. His disillusionment with the school led him to appreciate the works of Muromachi era painter Soga Jasoku.

He began to use the earlier style of brushstroke, painting mostly monochromes, despite the fact it had become unfashionable.


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Facts about Soga Shohaku

   Soga Shohaku  Born:  1730 - Miura Sakonjiro, Japan
Died:   1781 - Kyoto, Japan
Known for:  Monochrome ink painting on screens about Chinese legends
Name variants:  Shokaku Soga, Syohaku (Shohaku) Soga

Biography from the Archives of askART

Soga Shohaku (????) (1730–1781) was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. Shohaku distinguished himself from his contemporaries by preferring the brush style of the Muromachi period, an aesthetic that was already passé 150 years before his birth.

Shohaku's birth name was Miura Sakonjiro. His family was wealthy, but all of his immediate family members died before he reached the age of 18.

As a young man, he was a student of Takada Keiho of the prominent Kano School, which drew upon Chinese techniques and subject matters. His disillusionment with the school led him to appreciate the works of Muromachi era painter Soga Jasoku.

He began to use the earlier style of brushstroke, painting mostly monochromes, despite the fact it had become unfashionable.


Source:
Wikipedia, 2020


Biography from Auctionata

Shohaku Soga (1730-1781) was a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period who tried to revive the brush-style drawing of the great masters of the Muromachi period (1338–1573).  He excelled in ink monochrome portraits, which he made with powerful brushwork using broad strokes.


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