Chokuan Soga

Chokuan Soga (Japanese: 曽我 直庵, Hepburn: Soga Chokuan) (fl. late 16th–early 17th c.) was a Japanese painter recognized for his bird-and-flower paintings. Within the bird-and-flower idiom, Soga excelled at painting landfowl, such as roosters: With careful brushwork and rich tones, he gave them an attitude of fierce dignity. He worked rapidly, as this was the fashion in ink wash painting at the time. He was celebrated for his depictions of falconry and was commissioned by prominent samurai to paint either individual or sets of tethered hawk images for folding screens.

Chokuan Soga

Chokuan Soga (Japanese: 曽我 直庵, Hepburn: Soga Chokuan) (fl. late 16th–early 17th c.) was a Japanese painter recognized for his bird-and-flower paintings. Within the bird-and-flower idiom, Soga excelled at painting landfowl, such as roosters: With careful brushwork and rich tones, he gave them an attitude of fierce dignity. He worked rapidly, as this was the fashion in ink wash painting at the time. He was celebrated for his depictions of falconry and was commissioned by prominent samurai to paint either individual or sets of tethered hawk images for folding screens.