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Designs in Circular Forms

Ogata KōrinEdo period, late 17th - early 18th century

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Osaka, Japan

Designs in Circular Forms is an album of designs said to have been brushed by Ogata Korin. Within each small circular piece of paper, Korin has taken motifs from the flowers of the four seasons, and tales of aristocratic Japan, and arranged them in unusual compositions, often with boldly misshapen elements. Judging from the traces of transfer work on the drawings, these works are thought to have been used as preparatory drawings for maki-e lacquer works.

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  • Title: Designs in Circular Forms
  • Creator: Ogata Korin
  • Creator Lifespan: 1658/1716
  • Date Created: Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century
  • Location Created: Japan
  • Title(Japanese): 円形図案集
  • Physical Dimensions: w11 x h11 cm
  • Period(Japanese): 江戸 17世紀後半-18世紀初期
  • Donor(Japanese): 武藤金太氏寄贈
  • Credit Line(Japanese): 小西家伝来・尾形光琳関係資料
  • Classification of Important Cultural Properties of Japan: Important Cultural Property
  • Artist Name(Japanese): 尾形光琳
  • Type: Design
  • Rights: Materials on Korin from the Konishi Family
  • Medium: Ink on paper
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

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