Illustrated Book of Filial Piety
1813
Medium
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.9 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
JIB144
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Keisai · 1894–1904
**Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)** was a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period, best known for his bijin-ga, or pictures of beautiful women. Born Ikeda Zenjiro in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a samurai family, he was the son of a noted calligrapher. After his father’s death, he apprenticed to Kanō Hakkeisai of the Kanō school, adopting the name Keisai from his teacher, and later studied un...