KIKUGAWA Eizan / 菊川英山
Pseudonym: | Chokyusai |
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Life dates: | 1787 - 1867 |
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Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Lived in Edo; son of Kikugawa Eiji, a maker of fans and Kano-style painter. Taugt first by his father, then by Suzuki nanrei and Iwakubo Hokkei; also influenced by Utamaro and hokusai. His paintings, quite in Kano manner, commonly signed Eizan Toshinobu. From the early 1800s until he retired about 1830, became the leading designer of bijinga (based of Utamaro`s light style) and actor prints sa well as erotica.Fouder of the so-called Kikugawa style.
Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 23
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1806 А-843 |
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1807 А-3072 |
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1807 А-3075 |
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C. 1805–1808 А-3062 |
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1809 А-3077 |
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C. 1808–1812 А-3057 |
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Karauta of Chojiya with Kamuro. Edo-machi 2-chome C. 1811–1814 А-3063 |
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1808 - 1812 А-33719 |
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Greenish Blue Colour. Woman Reading a Tanzaku C. 1811–1812 А-3076 |
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Geisha with a Shamisen, with Strings Like a Weeping Cherry Tree 1811–1814 (?) А-839 |
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The Dance "Rakugan" ("Flying down Goose") from the Farce "Tsurigitsune" ("Catching the Fox"). C. 1812–1813 А-3074 |
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A series of The Paper Lanterns With Word-Play C. 1812–1813 А-3071 |
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A series of The Paper Lanterns With Word-Play C. 1812–1813 А-3079 |
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C. 1811–1814 А-3064 |
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1814 А. 3091-3092 |
