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Keisai Eisen
c. 1815 - c. 1820
Medium
nishikie, with metallic pigments and blindprinting
Dimensions
180; 201
About this artwork
collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Keisai Eisen · 1790–1848
Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), born Ikeda Yoshinobu in Edo (modern Tokyo), emerged as one of the late Edo period's most prolific ukiyo-e masters. The son of the renowned calligrapher and Kanō-school painter Ikeda Shigeharu, Eisen was immersed in the arts from childhood. He apprenticed under Kanō Hakkeisai, adopting the art name "Keisai" in homage to his teacher, and later studied bijin-ga (images of be...