Kikuchi Yōsai, also known as Kikuchi Takeyasu and Kawahara Ryōhei, was a Japanese painter most famous for his monochrome portraits of historical figures.
Kikuchi Yōsai
Kose Kanaoka (a 9th century painter) by Kikuchi Yōsai
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wa
Kikuchi Yōsai
…前賢故実) on Wanxiaotang Zhuzhuang Huachuan (晩笑堂竹荘画伝) which was drawn by the Qing illustrator Shangguan Zhou. Kōtei also said that Yōsai was influenced by Hokusai when young. He thought of the calligraphy as much as the picture when he guided a pupil. Louis, Frederic (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge…
Self-portrait as an old man
Courtesan Asleep, a bijin-ga surimono print, c. late 18th to early 19th century
Fireworks in the Cool of Evening at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo, print, c. 1788–89
Image of bathers from the Hokusai Manga