− | *''Other Names'': 細田時富 ''(Hosoda Tokitomi)''<ref>[[Kobayashi Tadashi]] et al. ''Ukiyo-e: an introduction to Japanese woodblock prints''. Kodansha International, 1997. p85.</ref> | + | *''Other Names'': 細田時富 ''(Hosoda Tokitomi)''<ref>[[Kobayashi Tadashi]] et al. ''Ukiyo-e: an introduction to Japanese woodblock prints''. Kodansha International, 1997. p85.</ref>, 細田栄之 ''(Hosoda Eishi)'' |
− | Chôbunsai Eishi was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' painter and print designer, known primarily for his depictions of tall, thin, graceful beauties. | + | Chôbunsai Eishi, also known as Hosoda Eishi, was an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' painter and print designer, known primarily for his depictions of tall, thin, graceful beauties. |
| The eldest son of a local Edo samurai official of the Hosoda family, Eishi studied under [[Kano Michinobu|Kanô Michinobu]], and served as an official court painter to the shogunate for a number of years. He held ''[[hatamoto]]'' rank and had an income of 500 ''[[koku]]''. His [[art-name]], Eishi, was granted him by the shogun [[Tokugawa Ieharu]] himself. Chôbunsai is likewise a pseudonym, a studio name, using the character ''sai'' (斎) in its meaning of "studio," much as did the artists [[Hokusai]], [[Isoda Koryusai|Kôryûsai]], [[Keisai Eisen]] and [[Hiroshige|Ichiryûsai Hiroshige]]. | | The eldest son of a local Edo samurai official of the Hosoda family, Eishi studied under [[Kano Michinobu|Kanô Michinobu]], and served as an official court painter to the shogunate for a number of years. He held ''[[hatamoto]]'' rank and had an income of 500 ''[[koku]]''. His [[art-name]], Eishi, was granted him by the shogun [[Tokugawa Ieharu]] himself. Chôbunsai is likewise a pseudonym, a studio name, using the character ''sai'' (斎) in its meaning of "studio," much as did the artists [[Hokusai]], [[Isoda Koryusai|Kôryûsai]], [[Keisai Eisen]] and [[Hiroshige|Ichiryûsai Hiroshige]]. |