Japan Art: Maruyama Ōkyo – Modern Tokyo Times

Japan Art: Maruyama Ōkyo – Modern Tokyo Times

Japan Art: Maruyama Ōkyo Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795) was very creative concerning the medium of art. Accordingly, he impacted the Japanese art scene during the Edo Period. He fused artistic ideas from his native Japan, the Middle Kingdom (China), and his limited knowledge of Western art. The British Museum says, “Born a farmer’s son, went to Kyoto to train with the Kano master Ishida Yutei (q.v.), and became a pop…