style of painting and design which would later develop into the Rinpa school. The retreat was called Taikyo-an, and was used for prayer meetings and meditation, in addition to its function as an artist colony. A number of important figures, including the historian Hayashi Razan, visited there towards the end of Kōetsu's life. After his death in 1637, the colony was disbanded and the land was returned to the shogunate by Hon'ami Kōho, Kōetsu's grandson. Collectors Ernest Fenollosa, one of the first American collectors and critics of Japanese art, is quoted as writing that Hon'ami is the only artist of what Fenollosa called the Early Modern period worthy of being compared to the earlier masters. Hon'ami Kōetsu and his mother appear in Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. Hon'ami is portrayed in Hiroshi Inagaki's film Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, which is based on the novel. References Bibliography Fister, Pat (1985). "Hon'ami Kōetsu." Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan<. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd. Fisher, Felice (2000). The Arts of Hon'ami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master. Philadelphia Museum of Art. External links Momoyama, Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Honami Kōetsu Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Honami Kōetsu (see index) 1558 births 1637 deaths 17th-century Japanese calligraphers Japanese potters 16th-century Japanese people 17th-century Japanese people 16th-century Japanese artists 17th-century Japanese artists People from Kyoto Rinpa school Buddhist artists