The Versatile Precision of Oki Ichiga Oki Ichiga remains a significant figure for anyone studying the technical evolution of the Edo period. While many painters of his era remained tethered to a single lineage, Ichiga broke the mold by absorbing the aesthetics of various schools. He was a Kanō school painter, yet his work reveals a refusal to be confined by the rigid structures of that tradition. His ability to integrate the observatio…