Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru
19th century
Medium
Album of 24 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37.1 × 24.8 × 3.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary L. Cassilly, 1894
Accession Number
JP205
Tags
About the Artist
Kikugawa Eizan|Utagawa Kunisada|Utagawa Kunimaru · 1787–1867
Kikukawa Eizan (1787–1867), born Toshinobu Ōmiya in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), emerged as one of the late Edo period's foremost ukiyo-e artists, specializing in the delicate art of *bijin-ga*—depictions of beautiful women imbued with poetic grace. The son of Kikugawa Eiji, a painter in the Kanō school tradition known for fans and minor works, Eizan began his training under his father. He later studie...