Ikeda Koson

Ikeda Koson was a Japanese painter.
Little is known about Koson's early life. He moved to Edo and studied painting with Sakai Hōitsu. He created a series of paintings that are closely related to a set by Hoitsu depicting court festivals, that were adapted from Chinese practices and celebrated in Japan since the Nara period.
According to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Koson "brought a fresh vitality to standard themes in the Rinpa repertoire through his virtuoso brushwork and ability to convey naturalistic forms without sacrificing the bold decorative impact of his predecessors."