Three-tiered Sake Cups in Shin-Yoshiwara: Yosooi of the Matsuba-ya

Artist	KIKUKAWA, Eizan　菊川英山　1787-1867
Title	Three-tiered Sake Cups in Shin-Yoshiwara: Yosooi of the Matsuba-ya
Date	c. 1804-17
Material/ Technique	polychromeprint
Size (cm)	38.7×26.5 (sheet)

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KIKUKAWA, Eizan

	1787-1867
Biography	Ukiyo-e artist. Studied with his father Eiji Kikukawa, and then with Nanrei Suzuki of the Shijo school. He also learned Hokusai-style of depiction through his friend and artist Hokkei Totoya. After the death of ukiyo-e artist Utamaro Kitagawa in 1806, Eizan adopted the later-period Utamaro-style, while also depicting his own unique, lyrical bijin-ga (beauty prints), which won him popularity. He is also said to have rejuvenated bijin-ga prints. However, the preference of the masses had shifted to different artists. Thus, from the end of the Bunsei era (1818-31), he hardly created any multicolored prints. In his later years, he stayed at his daughter’s in-law’s house, during which time he depicted illustrations for kyoka books of humorous poems, Sugoroku board game and horse-votive tablets.

1787-1867

Biography

Ukiyo-e artist. Studied with his father Eiji Kikukawa, and then with Nanrei Suzuki of the Shijo school. He also learned Hokusai-style of depiction through his friend and artist Hokkei Totoya. After the death of ukiyo-e artist Utamaro Kitagawa in 1806, Eizan adopted the later-period Utamaro-style, while also depicting his own unique, lyrical bijin-ga (beauty prints), which won him popularity. He is also said to have rejuvenated bijin-ga prints. However, the preference of the masses had shifted to different artists. Thus, from the end of the Bunsei era (1818-31), he hardly created any multicolored prints. In his later years, he stayed at his daughter’s in-law’s house, during which time he depicted illustrations for kyoka books of humorous poems, Sugoroku board game and horse-votive tablets.

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Three-tiered Sake Cups in Shin-Yoshiwara: Yosooi of the Matsuba-ya