Iwasa Matabei

Iwasa Matabei

▪ Japanese painter
original name  Araki Katsumochi  
born 1578, Japan
died July 20, 1650, Edo [now Tokyo]

      Japanese painter of the early Tokugawa period (1603–1867).

      Upon the defeat and suicide of his soldier-father, Araki Murashige, he took refuge in the Hongan Temple in Kyōto with his nurse and later assumed his mother's family name, Iwasa. He studied painting with different masters, but nothing definite is known about them. Because Iwasa came to consider himself an heir to the tradition of the Tosa school of painting (stressing Japanese subjects and techniques), he may have studied under Tosa Mitsunori (1583–1638).

      In 1637 Iwasa moved to Edo, and he was commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1640 to draw the portraits of the Sanjūrokkasen (The Thirty-Six Poets) for the Tōshōgū shrine in Kawagoe.

      Mastering the techniques of both Chinese and traditional Japanese painting, Iwasa managed to create a very individualistic and versatile style. He painted numerous pictures based on Japanese classical literature, among which are “Genji monogatari zu” (“Scenes from the Tale of Genji”) and “Ise monogatari zu” (“Scenes from the Tale of Ise”). He also left many works depicting famous Chinese legendary scenes.

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