Sugai Baikan 菅井梅関
菅井梅関 Sugai Baikan (1784-1844)
Painter of the late Edo period. Born in Sendai. Studied painting under 根本常南 Nemoto Jonan in his hometown, and studied under 谷文晁 Tani Buncho (1763-1840) in Edo. Studied under 江稼圃 Kokaho in Nagasaki. Later, in Kyoto and Osaka, he associated with 頼山陽 Rai Sanyo (1781-1832), 篠崎小竹 Shiozaki Shochiku (1781-1851). He excelled in Sansui landscape painting with powerful brushstrokes and Sumi-ume (plum blossoms in India ink). He returned to his hometown and remained a bachelor for the rest of his life, committing suicide in his later years.
Painter of the late Edo period. Born in Sendai. Studied painting under 根本常南 Nemoto Jonan in his hometown, and studied under 谷文晁 Tani Buncho (1763-1840) in Edo. Studied under 江稼圃 Kokaho in Nagasaki. Later, in Kyoto and Osaka, he associated with 頼山陽 Rai Sanyo (1781-1832), 篠崎小竹 Shiozaki Shochiku (1781-1851). He excelled in Sansui landscape painting with powerful brushstrokes and Sumi-ume (plum blossoms in India ink). He returned to his hometown and remained a bachelor for the rest of his life, committing suicide in his later years.
