Artist
K
Keisai Eisen
1790–1848
132130
Works
58
Years lived
Japanese (culture or style)
Style
Keisai’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Selected works
132130 pieces
![No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f09d79df-02f5-a8d0-97f6-00130281a62a/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Ukiyo gafu (Book of Keisai's Popular Pictures), one vol. of 10
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
A Ferryboat Crossing the Sumida River
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
View of Mount Fuji from a tea house
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Full Moon Over Mountain Scenery
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Snow on the Sumida River
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
A Poet Looking out of his Lakeside Hut
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
![No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a88b2590-ffd0-5766-4c01-f762fc6aa250/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
No. 41: Distant View of the Ina River Bridge at Nojiri (Yonjuichi: Noriji Inagawabashi enkei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
![No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/6bcc29c9-84da-a43c-c655-bec2e7817b84/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Nunobiki Falls at Jakko Shrine (Jakko Nunobiki no taki), from the series "Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
New Year’s Flower Arrangement
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Scholar Reading in a Hut
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
![No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/35a2b208-6e23-d606-7920-e8f12deedf4b/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
Returning sails at Takanawa
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
Keisen Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790–1848