Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru
19th century
Medium
Album of 24 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37.1 × 24.8 × 3.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary L. Cassilly, 1894
Accession Number
JP205
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Kikugawa Eizan|Utagawa Kunisada|Utagawa Kunimaru · 1787–1867
Kikukawa Eizan (1787–1867), born Toshinobu Ōmiya in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), emerged as one of the late Edo period's foremost ukiyo-e artists, specializing in the delicate art of *bijin-ga*—depictions of beautiful women imbued with poetic grace. The son of Kikugawa Eiji, a painter in the Kanō school tradition known for fans and minor works, Eizan began his training under his father. He later studie...