Ogata Kōrin: The Artistic Innovator Famed for His Folding Screens

Kemari Hotei zu (Hotei Playing Kemari). (Courtesy Idemitsu Museum of Arts)

The right screen of the pair of folding screens Kakitsubata zu byōbu (Irises), a national treasure. The artwork is owned by Nezu Museum, which displays it only from mid-April until the start of May each year. (Courtesy Nezu Museum)

Yatsuhashi makie raden suzuribako (Writing Box with Eight Bridges), a national treasure. (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum/Colbase)

Shiroayaji akikusa moyō kosode (Kimono with Autumn Grasses). (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum/Colbase)

Nakamura Kuranosuke zō (Portrait of Nakamura Kuranosuke). (Courtesy The Museum Yamato Bunkakan)

Hatō zu byōbu (Rough Waves), a painting on a folding screen. (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Matsushima zu byōbu (Waves at Matsushima), a painting on a folding screen. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Fūjin raijin zu byōbu (Wind God and Thunder God), a painting on a folding screen. (Courtesy Tokyo National Museum/Colbase)

Taketora zu (Bamboo and Tiger). (Courtesy Kyoto National Museum/Colbase)

Kōhakubai zu byōbu (Red and White Plum Blossoms), a painting on a folding screen and a national treasure. The artwork is owned by the MOA Museum of Art, which displays it around February each year. (Courtesy MOA Museum of Art)