Kakizaki Hakyo
Biography. Kakizaki Hakyō was born in Matsumae Castle in 1764, the fifth son of the Matsumae Domain "daimyō" . The following year he was adopted as successor by "karō" (chief retainer or house elder) . At a young age he travelled to Edo, where he studied under and Sō Shiseki, learning the style of the Nanpin school. In the aftermath of the Menashi–Kunashir rebellion, he painted the , portraits of twelve Ainu chiefs who had sided with the Matsumae Domain; this series was presented to Emperor Kōkaku. In 1791 he journeyed to Kyōto, where he studied under Maruyama Ōkyo. His  style was influenced by his exchanges with the painters and literati of the Maruyama-Shijō school and he became friends with , , and in particular , with whom he hosted a moon-viewing party for , attended also by . From 1807, when the Matsumae clan were transferred to the , based around Yanagawa in Mutsu Province, Kakizaki Hakyō as "karō" worked for their reinstatement. In 1826, after falling ill in Edo, he died in his home town of Matsumae.