Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War
March 1895
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 28 3/8 in. (36.2 x 72.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960
Accession Number
JP3379
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...