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Artist: Kikugawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787-1867)
Japanese printmaker. Leading artist of bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and shunga (erotic prints) and considered the founder of the Kikugawa style. He studied under his father, Eiji Kikugawa, a Kano painter and fan maker, before printmaking under Hokusai’s pupil Hokkei.