Keisai Eisen

1791–1848 · Japan

Keisai Eisen (渓斎英泉, 1790–1848) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women). His best works, including his ōkubi-e ("large head pictures"), are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). Wikipedia

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Works

“A Couple Locked in an Embrace”, 1825
“Woman with a Veil” — Hermitage Museum
“Courtesan”, 1834 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Scene #11 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #8 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“The Tanabata Festival”, 1825 — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Mother and Child Under Mosquito Netting” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #1 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #10 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #2 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #9 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Kyaku no haori o motsu yūjo”, 1818 — Library of Congress
“Sisters Avenging their Father's Death (from Kabuki Play 'Shiraishi')”, 1820–1830 — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of the Temple Daionji”, 1825–1835 — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter Niwaka Festival”, 1825 — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Scene #3 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #4 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #5 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #6 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
“Scene #7 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)” — Vanderbilt Museum of Art