Eisen, Keisai

(1791 -9/23/1848) (Japan); aka Eisan, Ikeda / Yoshinobu, Ikeda / Shigeyoschi / Konsei / Ippitsuan Kako / Kokushunro / Hokkwatei / Yinsai Hakusui Painter, woodcut printmaker, and illustrator. Extremely prolific artist who frequently portrayed voluptuous women, as well as explicit sex scenes.

   Reproductions: [Close-up views of female genitalia; c1820; Ronin, 1979: figs. 151 -153 [B]. [Copulating couple in bath]; 1830s; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 255 [B]. [Copulating couple with baby]; woodblock; 1820s; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 301 [B]. [Copulation scenes]; Fagioli 1997: plates 111-123 . [Couple in foreplay]; Beurdeley, 1977: p. 206 [B]. Dutchman and a courtesan; c1820; Ronin, 1979: fig. 143 [B]. Farmer and lover, from Meisho Hakkei [Eight views of famous places]; 1821; Ronin, 1979; fig. 116 [B]. Illustration from Irojiman Edo Mura-saki; 1836; Fagioli 1997: plate 110 [C]. Illustrations from Omi Hakkei [Eight Rendezvous]; c1825: Ronin, 1979: figs. 103-105 [B]. Illustrations from the series Hanagoyami [Calendar of Flowers]; c1820; Ronin, 1979: figs. 148-150 [B]. Illustrations from the series Junishi no Uchi [The Twelve Zodiac Signs]; 1822; Ronin, 1979: figs. 124-135 [B]. Illustration from series Kai Awase Juni Ban [Twelve combinations of the shell game]; 1822; Ronin, 1979; figs. 88-98 [B]. Illustrations from the series Nijushiko [Love affairs imitating the important paragons of filial piety]; 1822; Ronin, 1979; figs. 106-114 [B]. Illustrations from the series Shokoku Meisho [Famous Views of the Various Provinces]; 1821; Ronin, 1979: figs. 154-162 [B]. Illustrations from the series Ukiyo Sugatu [Images of the Floating World]; 1822; Ronin, 1979: figs. 136-141 [B]. Illustration from The Doubled Chrysanthemum; c1840; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 254 [B]. [Kissing lovers]; 1821; Ronin, 1979: fig. 115 [B]. [Lovers]; c1820; Ronin, 1979: figs. 83-87, 100-102, 117, 118, 120-123, 142, 144-147 [B]. [Nude couple in erotic foreplay]; Beurdeley, 1977: p. 183 [B]. Peasant rapes young woman traveller in deserted field; 1821; Ronin, 1979: fig. 119 [B]. [Prints], from Hitomi Gufu; woodblock; 1830s; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 302 [B]. [Semi-nude woman bathing]; Gnojew-ski, 2004: p. 18 [C]. [Two lovers with shunga books and kitten]; c1830; Ronin, 1979: fig. 74 [C]. Yoshi-wara courtesan and her lover, illustration from Ehon Fuji no Yuki (Erotic Snow's of Fuji); woodblock; 1824; Rawson, 1983: fig. 248 [B]. Yoshiwara courtesan holding sake-bowl; woodblock; late 1810s; Rawson, 1983: fig.