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Ogata.
Japanese family of artists. They were the owners of the Kariganeya, a long-established dry-goods business in Kyoto, which prospered from the beginning of the 17th century under the patronage of the military and court aristocracy. Ogata Sohaku (1570–1637), the second generation of the family to act as head of the Kariganeya, was also a calligraphy pupil of his maternal uncle, Hon’ami Koetsu (see HON’AMI, (1)). Examples of his brushwork were included in the copybook Koetsu shiboku (‘Four Koetsu-school calligraphers’; 1675). His son, Ogata Soken (1621–87), was an aesthete and a skilled calligrapher in the style of Koetsu, whose wealth allowed him to educate his second and third sons, (1) Ogata Korin and (2) Ogata Kenzan, as gentlemen. This training provided them with the cultural background to become two of Japan’s most innovative artists. The following members have entries:
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