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c. 1942

Lily

Kamisaka Sekka

Japanese, 1866 - 1942

Kamisaka Sekka was born into a samurai family in Kyoto. Under the influence of his teacher Kishi Kokei (1840โ€“1922), who collected the works of Rimpa artists Honโ€™ami Koetsu (1558โ€“1637) and Ogata Korin (1658โ€“1716), Sekka began painting and printmaking in the Rimpa style.

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