Keisai Eisen (渓斎英泉; 1790 - 1848) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered one of the masters of the Bunsei Era (1818 - 1830). He was born in Edo and his father was a noted calligrapher. Keisai apprenticed under Kanō Michinobu (狩野典信; 1730 - 1790) and produced a wide variety of prints, ranging from landscapes to erotic prints. He was best known for his bijin-ga (non-pornographic) portraits of beautiful women. Keisai was also a writer, publishing biographies of the Forty-Seven Rōnin and contributing to a work on the history of ukiyo-e artists.



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