Keisai Eisen

Japanese · 1790–1848 · Painter, Printmaker

Keisai Eisen was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga. His best works, including his ōkubi-e, are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era… (Wikipedia)

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Keisai Eisen was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga. His best works, including his ōkubi-e, are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan.

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Born 1790, EdoDied 1848, TokyoOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q3046492 ↗ULAN 500121366 ↗Museum works 24

Also known as Eisen, Eisen Ikeda, Eisen Keisai, Ikeda Eisen, Insai Kakusui, Ippitsuan Kakō, Ippitsuan Shujin, Keisai and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Keisai Eisen, Print — **Print**Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959 — Open Access …

Keisai Eisen, Album of prints from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara (Keisei dōchū sugoroku, Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui) — **Album of prints from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara (Keisei dōchū sugoroku, Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui)**Fifty-six woodblock prints mounted as an album; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Suizan Miki, 1952 — Open Access (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Winter Landscape — **Winter Landscape**Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918 — Ope…

Keisai Eisen, Koi — **Koi**ca. 1842 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1917 — Open Access (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Ferry Boat Crossing the Sumida River — **Ferry Boat Crossing the Sumida River**ca. 1840 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Ro…

Keisai Eisen, Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp) — **Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp)**19th century · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H…

Keisai Eisen, The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō — **The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō**1834
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Keisai Eisen, Woman with a Veil — **Woman with a Veil**1790
Hermitage Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Hermitage Museum

Keisai Eisen, Courtesan — **Courtesan**1834
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Ikeda Eisen, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Cleveland Museum of Art

Keisai Eisen, Beauty Tokaido — **Beauty Tokaido**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Keisai Eisen, Scene #11 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) — **Scene #11 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)**
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Keisai Eisen, Scene #3 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) — **Scene #3 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)**
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Keisai Eisen, Scene #4 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura ) — **Scene #4 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura )**
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Keisai Eisen, Scene #5 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) — **Scene #5 from The Lives of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)**
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Keisai Eisen, No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])" — No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"c. 1835/36 · Color woodblock print; oban
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson — public d…

Keisai Eisen, View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)" — **View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)"**c. 1820s · Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Ukiyo gafu (Book of Keisai's Popular Pictures), one vol. of 10 — **Ukiyo gafu (Book of Keisai's Popular Pictures), one vol. of 10**n.d. · Book; woodblock printed
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Joan R. Whittaker — public domain (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, A Ferryboat Crossing the Sumida River — **A Ferryboat Crossing the Sumida River**c. 1820s · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin — **Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin**c. early 1820s · Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, View of Mount Fuji from a tea house — **View of Mount Fuji from a tea house**c. 1820s · Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Carp Ascending a Waterfall — **Carp Ascending a Waterfall**early or mid-1830s · color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee — Open Access (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow — **Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow**c. late 1820s · color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore — Open Access (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Pictures of Eastern Brocade (from the series Famous Products of Edo) — **Pictures of Eastern Brocade (from the series Famous Products of Edo)**c. early 1820s · color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Newberry — Open Access (CC0)

Keisai Eisen, Woman with Papers in Mouth and Fan in Hand — **Woman with Papers in Mouth and Fan in Hand**1789–1851 · color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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