Hosoda Eishi
(1756–1829) Japansk konstnär
Hosoda Eishi (Japan, 1756–1829) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Hosoda Eishi belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Hosoda Eishi was born in Kyoto and died in Kyoto. The teachers included Bunryūsai and Kanō Michinobu. The students included Eisui, Gokyō, Chōensai Eishin, and Chōtensai Eiju.
The catalogue has 20 works by Hosoda Eishi with free images. The dated works span the years 1783–1822. Works by Hosoda Eishi are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sengai, Goshun, Torii Kiyonaga, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Ganku.