Sakai Hōitsu
(1763–1828) Japanese artist
Sakai Hōitsu (Japan, 1763–1828) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Sakai Hōitsu belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Sakai Hōitsu was born in Ogawamachi and died in Negishi. The teachers included Kanō Korenobu, Utagawa Toyoharu, and Monnyo. Sakai Hōitsu worked in Osaka and Japan. Wikidata associates Sakai Hōitsu with Rimpa school. The students included Suzuki Kiitsu, Ikeda Koson, and Sakai Ōho.
One of the best-known works is ‘Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn’. The works belong mainly to the genre Rimpa school. The catalogue has 50 works by Sakai Hōitsu with free images. The dated works span the years 1749–1824. Works by Sakai Hōitsu are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Harvard Art Museums, and Detroit Institute of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Goshun, Torii Kiyonaga, Hosoda Eishi, Ganku, and Kubo Shumman.