Keisai Eisen
(1791–1848) Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist
Keisai Eisen (Japan, 1791–1848) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Keisai Eisen belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.
Keisai Eisen was born in Edo and died in Tokyo. Keisai Eisen studied under Kikukawa Eizan. The students included Sansai Senrin, Goyūtei Eikyō, Reisai Senri, and Ichiyōken Eitoku.
The catalogue has 19 works by Keisai Eisen with free images. The dated works span the years 1790–1850. Works by Keisai Eisen are held by several collections, among them Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Eremitaget, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Utagawa Kunisada, Gakutei, Kikukawa Eizan, Kikuchi Yōsai, and Ōtagaki Rengetsu.