Eishosai’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.

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase)"
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Catching Fireflies
Eshōsai Chōki Japanese, active c.1780–1810

Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya and Her Attendants
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Moon viewing
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

The Cock Fight - Ohisa of the Takashimaya and Okita of the Naniwaya
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Sakurahime and Kiyoharu (Sakurahime Kiyoharu)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Ebisu and Daikokuten tasting Sake
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

Iro-age nezumi no yome-iri
Eishōsai Chōki 栄松斎長喜 Japanese, late 18th -early 19th c.

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)