Japan: 'Irises', One pair of six-section folding screens (byobu), ink and color on paper with gold leaf background, Ogata Korin (1568 - 1716), Edo Period, c. 1705, Nezu Art Museum, Tokyo

Ogata Korin (1658 – June 2, 1716) was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. He was born in Kyoto, son of a wealthy merchant who had a taste for the arts.

Korin also studied under Soken Yamamoto, the Kano school, Tsunenobu and Gukei Sumiyoshi, and was greatly influenced by his predecessors Hon'ami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu.

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