Ōtagaki Rengetsu
(1791–1875) Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, potter and artist (1791–1875)
Ōtagaki Rengetsu (Japan, 1791–1875) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Ōtagaki Rengetsu belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Ōtagaki Rengetsu was born in Kyōto and died in Jinko-in Temple. The teachers included Yoshika Mutobe, Ueda Akinari, and Kagawa Kageki. Ōtagaki Rengetsu worked in Japan. The students included Tomioka Tessai.
One of the best-known works is ‘Rengetsu ware’. The catalogue has 11 works by Ōtagaki Rengetsu with free images. The dated works span the years 1831–1870. Works by Ōtagaki Rengetsu are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Utagawa Kunisada, Gakutei, Kikukawa Eizan, Kikuchi Yōsai, and Keisai Eisen.