Background
Usen Ogawa was born on March 11, 1868.
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Usen Ogawa
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"Tree Spirits Out on an Early Summer Day" Light color on silk, 1921 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
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"A Water Imp is Born of a Fresh Water Mussel" Japanese ink on paper, 1937 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
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Other Work
Ogawa Usen Retrospective
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1993
Ogawa Usen gashū (Japanese Edition)
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Usen Ogawa
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also known as
Mokichi
Career
At first Ogawa Usen was initiated into Western painting by Kingoro Honda but later turned to Japanese painting. Residing near Ushiku Lake, Ibaraki Prefecture, he liked to paint marshland scenery. Many pictures by him are peopled with Joappa (water imps) His works, featured by an ultramundane atmosphere, are appreciated as the best bunjinga (pictures by men of letters). He was also a good calligrapher.
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Membership
He was also one of the eight original members of the Sango-kai, founded in 1915, which fostered a free exchange of ideas between the Western-style and Japanese-style painters in the group.
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Nationality
Japanese