Okada Beisanjin
Illustration — Quiet man and the laid harp 1744 – September 15, 1820, also known as Hikobe, was a Japanese painter. He is first documented as a rice merchant in Osaka in the 1770s and 1780s. His go (artist's name), Beisanjin, literally meaning a mountain of rice, may either relate to his profession or reflect deference to the Northern Song period (960-1127).
Also recorded as Beisanjin Okada Koku · Beisanjin · Beiō · Beio
Okada Beisanjin
Okada Beisanjin · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom · CC0
- Born
- 1744 · Osaka.
- Died
- 1820
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter
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Illustration — Quiet man and the laid harp 1744 – September 15, 1820, also known as Hikobe, was a Japanese painter. He is first documented as a rice merchant in Osaka in the 1770s and 1780s. His go (artist's name), Beisanjin, literally meaning a mountain of rice, may either relate to his profession or reflect deference to the Northern Song period (960-1127).
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Born at Osaka in 1744, died in 1820.
Work by Okada Beisanjin is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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