Keisai Eisen (sold) (渓斎英泉)
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.
AKA: 渓斎英泉
Ephemeral Theater Quarter of Edo.
猿若町芝居之略圖 / [Map of the Theaters of Saruwaka].
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A c. 1842 ukiyo-e woodblock view of Saruwaka (猿若), the historical theater district of Edo (Tokyo). It presents the area, including the famed Ichimuraza and Nakamuraza, during a tumultuous period when theaters were attacked for perceived immorality and forced into the walled quarter seen here. (more details)