Beknopte schetsen van bloeiende planten
Kitao Masayoshi
1813
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
180; 269
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Kitao Masayoshi · 1761–1824
Kitao Masayoshi (1761–1824), who later took the name Kuwagata Keisai, was a pivotal figure in Japanese art whose influence extended from ukiyo-e printmaking to the development of instructional art manuals that would shape Japanese visual culture for generations. Born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in 1761 and dying there in 1824, Masayoshi's career spanned a transformative period in Japanese art when ...