ARTIST: Chōkōsai Eishō. He also used the name Shōeidō (昌栄堂).
FAMILY NAME: Chōkōsai.BORN:
DIED:
WORKS: Ehon Fumi no kiyogaki 婦美の清書き (Neat Version of a Love Letter (or Pure Drawings of Female Beauty))
NOTES: Eiri, a little known artist was a pupil of Eishi Chobunsai. His works are mainly bust portrait of Women of Beauty (Bijinga). Eiri was influenced by Kitagawa Utamaro and could also be known as Shikyusai Eiri or Rekisentei Eiri (Japan Encyclopedia).
All we can say is what we learn from his extant prints and paintings: that he flourished during the second half of the Kansei Period (1789-1801); and that he was a direct pupil of the great Eishi - who, being of eminent samurai stock, may well have attracted pupils of similar background. Eishō produced illustrations for a few books in c. 1798–1801, some of which were shunga erotica.
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Examples of Eiri's Bijinga
A dark gray mica ground bust portrait of the poet Santo Kyoden. ca. 1795
Fumi no kiyogaki Bath Scene
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