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Keisai Eisen

Keisai Eisen

1790–1848
WA-00042852
Edo, Japan
Printmaking
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
69
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
  • BiographyDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

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.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 13d ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

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Printmaking
Related Artists
6 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

Artwork sources (3)

5 published of 48 catalogued · 29 with image
  • The Met
    3 published3 img
  • Rijksmuseum
    2 published2 img
  • + 1 more source · 43 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources
  • A Female Monkey Trainer
    1824 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Sumidagawa yoseru geisha.
    1828 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

18 assets
Sumidagawa yoseru geisha. (ca. 1828)
Rijksmuseum
A Female Monkey Trainer (1824)
Rijksmuseum
The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tsuchiya (from the series Beauties in their Finery amid Mallow Flowers) (early or mid 1830s)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman with Papers in Mouth and Fan in Hand (1789–1851)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chōdayu of the Okamotoya from the series ? (1790–1848)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pictures of Eastern Brocade (from the series Famous Products of Edo) (c. early 1820s)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow (c. late 1820s)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Carp Ascending a Waterfall (early or mid-1830s)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Relationships

1
Collections1
Art Institute of Chicago
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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