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Fujita Art Museum Highlights Ogata Korin’s Rimpa Design in a Lacquer Writing Box

Osaka · 17 Sept 2026 [REPORT]

Fujita Art Museum Highlights Ogata Korin’s Rimpa Design in a Lacquer Writing Box

The Fujita Art Museum is highlighting an Ogata Korin Rimpa design in a lacquer writing box.

Displayed next to it is an inkstone box by Ogata Korin.

The presentation offers two different approaches to maki-e and raden.

The Rimpa design is presented not through extreme technical virtuosity, but through the school’s clear, distinctive design.

Its approach is described as close to what is now called graphic design.

ArtistOgata KorinInstitutionFujita MuseumCountryJapan CityOsaka RegionAsia

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