Sōtatsu is best known for his decorations of calligraphic works by his partner Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637), [1] and his spectacular and highly influential byōbu folding screens, such as …

The wind god kept its symbol, the windbag, and its disheveled appearance throughout this evolution. Iconographical evolution of the Wind God. Left: Greek wind God ( Greco-Buddhist …

Wind God and Thunder God (紙本金地著色風神雷神図, Shihon Kinji Chakushoku Fūjin Raijin-zu) is a painting on a pair of two-folded byōbu (folding screens) by Rinpa artist Ogata Kōrin, a …

Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) faithfully reproduced the original drawings of Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570? -1643?). It is thought that Sōtatsu’s “ Wind God and Thunder God (Fujin and Raijin)” was in …

Made in the Edo Period by Tawaraya Sotatsu, the artwork features Raijin (left), the god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology, and Fūjin, the …

This study of a youth after life served for the figure of a wind god, appearing at the edge of the central oval of the frescoed ceiling in the "Sala di Apollo" (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

In this whimsical rendering, a horned Wind God with bulging eyes and beastly talons is forcefully propelled backwards as he releases the wind from his enormous bag, the voluminous sack …

Wind God, Thunder God (Fujin, raijin) Date: 1971. Artist: Ouchi Makoto (Japanese, 1926-1989)

Tawaraya Sōtatsu drew liberal lines and rich expressions of the gods. He proved that he established a free style of painting with the folding screen art. Sōtatsu made a space in the …

The painting "Wind God" by Kobayashi Eitaku, executed in ink and color on silk, exemplifies the traditional Japanese style with its dynamic depiction of a mythological deity associated with wind.