Boats returning to Yabase
Kikukawa Eizan (1787 - 1867)
Lot-No. 377
Around 1850-1870, woodblock print, 38,5 x 26,5 cm (oban tate-e), up. ri. entitled 'Yabase kihan' and mi. ri. 'Furyu omi hakkei' (Eight elegant views of Omi), lo. ri. sign. 'Eizan hitsu', published by Yamada-ya Shobei, Kiwame censor seal, traces of age. - Designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints, first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school, then studied with Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844), an artist of the Shijō school, he is believed to have also studied with the ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790-1850), he produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women in the 1830s, but then abandoned printmaking in favor of painting.This artist should not be confused with Harukawa Eizan, a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, who was active in the 1790s.
Kikukawa Eizan: Boats returning to Yabase
Boats returning to Yabase
Lot-No. 377
Around 1850-1870, woodblock print, 38,5 x 26,5 cm (oban tate-e), up. ri. entitled 'Yabase kihan' and mi. ri. 'Furyu omi hakkei' (Eight elegant views of Omi), lo. ri. sign. 'Eizan hitsu', published by Yamada-ya Shobei, Kiwame censor seal, traces of age. - Designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints, first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school, then studied with Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844), an artist of the Shijō school, he is believed to have also studied with the ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790-1850), he produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women in the 1830s, but then abandoned printmaking in favor of painting.This artist should not be confused with Harukawa Eizan, a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, who was active in the 1790s.