Maruyama Ōkyo , born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century. He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school of painting. Although many of his fellow artists criticized his work as too slavishly devoted to natural representation, it proved a success with laypeople.
Maruyama Ōkyo by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Maruyama Okyo was well known for his true-to-life paintings. The story, illustrated by this print, tells of the time Okyo painted a ghost so "realistically" that it came to life and frightened him.
Crows, 1766; pair of sixfold screens; ink and gold on paper.
Cracked Ice shows influence from Western art in its use of perspective.
Pine Trees, c. 1780; pair of sixfold screens.
Kameoka is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 87,518 in 29,676 households and a population density of 390 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 224.80 square kilometres (86.80 sq mi).
Top left: A sightseeing train at Sagano Sightseeing Line, Top right: Kameoka Castle site, Middle left: Hozu Valley, Middle right: Kameoka Izumo Shrine, Bottom: A sightseeing boat at Hozu Valley
Kameoka City Hall
Anaoji in Kameoka
