Maruyama Ōkyo
(1733–1795) Japanese artist (1733-1795)
Maruyama Ōkyo (Japan, 1733–1795) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Maruyama Ōkyo belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Maruyama Ōkyo was born in Minamikuwada district and died in Kyoto. Maruyama Ōkyo studied under Ishida Yūtei. Wikidata associates Maruyama Ōkyo with Maruyama school. The students included Gen Ki, Nagasawa Rosetsu, Mori Tetsuzan, and Yoshimura Kōkei.
The best-known works include ‘The Ghost of Oyuki’, ‘Pine Trees in the Snow’, and ‘Cracked Ice screen’. The works belong mainly to the genre shunga. The catalogue has 35 works by Maruyama Ōkyo with free images. The dated works span the years 1725–1793. Works by Maruyama Ōkyo are held by several collections, among them Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Detroit Institute of Arts.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ippitsusai Bunchô, Eishōsai Chōki, Katsugawa Shunsho, Ike no Gyokuran, and Shohaku Soga.