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*''Born: [[1790]]''
*''Died: [[1848]]''
*''Japanese'': 渓斎英泉 ''(Keisai Eisen)''

Keisai Eisen was a prominent ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist of the early 19th century. He is most known for his ''[[bijinga]]'' (images of beautiful women), in the style of his teacher [[Kikukawa Eizan]] (1787–1867), and showing strong influence from [[Utamaro]] (d. [[1806]]). However, Eisen also created many works in other genres, including ''[[shunga]]'', and contributed writing to a number of projects, including an [[1833]] addition to the ''[[Ukiyo-e ruiko]]''.

A series of fan-prints by Eisen published in [[1829]] may have been the first ''[[ai-e]]'' - prints done exclusively (monochrome) in the imported artificial pigment [[Prussian blue]].

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==References==
*"[http://shunga.honolulumuseum.org/2013/index.php?page=125&language=&maxImageHeight=470&headerTop=0&headerHeight=109&footerTop=579&bw=1366&sh=0&refreshed=refreshed#.VH1YvsmTLqM Tongue in Cheek: Erotic Art in 19th-Century Japan]," Honolulu Museum of Art, exhibition website, accessed 1 Dec 2014.

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