Sengai

(1750–1837) Japanese artist (1750-1837)

Sengai (Japan, 1750–1837) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Sengai belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.

Sengai was born in Mino and died in Fukuoka. Sengai worked in Kansai region. The students included Shimada Toranosuke.

The catalogue has 4 works by Sengai with free images. The dated work is from 1816. Works by Sengai are held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Uragami Gyokudō, Shiba Kokan, Mori Sosen, Denzen Aōdō, and Goshun.

• Edo: the floating world