Artist
Kikukawa Eizan
Japanese, 1787–1867
Kikukawa Eizan was a Japanese Romanticism artist. 23 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Kikukawa Eizan was born in Edo.
Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"
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Mount Haruna in Kozuke Province
Autumn Moon at the Temple Ishiyamadera from the series Fashionable Eight Views
Sugatano of Sugata Ebisuya in the Morning, Hour of the Rabbit, from the series The Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Quarters
Kikukawa Eizan was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. He first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school, and subsequently with Suzuki Nanrei (1775–1844), of the Shijō school. He is believed to have also studied with ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790–1850).
Eizan produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women (bijin-ga) in the 1830s, but then abandoned printmaking in favor of painting.
Works by Kikukawa Eizan
- Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"
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- Mount Haruna in Kozuke Province
- Autumn Moon at the Temple Ishiyamadera from the series Fashionable Eight Views
- Sugatano of Sugata Ebisuya in the Morning, Hour of the Rabbit, from the series The Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Quarters
A Picture of the Viewing in the Pleasure Quarters
Woman Performing the Tea Ceremony
Two Women and a Girl
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Young Women with Musical Instruments
Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)
The Courtesan Meizan of the Chojiya on a Balcony Overlooking the Sumida River
Tanabata, from the series Fashionable Children of the Five Festivals (Fūryū kodomo gosekku)
Haze on a Clear Day at Stone Bridge (From the series Eight Elegant Views of Chanted Accompanimnets for Kabuki Plays)
Courtesan Beside Kimono Rack
Two Courtesans on a Balcony (From the series Five Colors of Ink)
A Lady-in-Waiting with Waist as Slender as a Willow from the series Flowers and Modern Beauties
Descending Geese at Katata (From the series Elegant Women and the Eight Views of Lake Biwa)
Eyes for Looking at a Courtesan
The Courtesan Aizome of the Ebiya (From the series Eight Views of the Tale of Genji)
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Collections represented
- A Picture of the Viewing in the Pleasure Quarters
- Woman Performing the Tea Ceremony
- Two Women and a Girl
- No Title
- Young Women with Musical Instruments
- Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)
- The Courtesan Meizan of the Chojiya on a Balcony Overlooking the Sumida River
- Tanabata, from the series Fashionable Children of the Five Festivals (Fūryū kodomo gosekku)
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