Isoda KORYŪSAI (1735–1790) comes from a samurai clan. After the death of his feudal prince in 1768 he settled as an abandoned samurai ( rōnin) settled in Edo and devoted himself to the art of ukiyo‑e (Images of the flowing world). Koryūsai was active in the period from 1760 to 1789. In the first years of his creative period he created many depictions of beautiful women ( bijin-ga ) in the style of Suzuki Harunobus (around 1725–1770). After Harunobu’s death, Koryūsai was recognized for his own completely independent style of depicting beautiful women, his post pictures ( hashira- e), its large-format fashion leaves and its outstanding flower and bird pictures. His style is characterized by the emphasis on the robes, artistic hairstyles and a powerful drawing of the figures on an empty ground. Of all the Japanese woodcut artists, Koryūsai designed most of the post pictures with which the wooden pillars of the houses were adorned.
Isoda KORYŪSAI (1735–1790) comes from a samurai clan. After the death of his feudal prince in 1768 he settled as an abandoned samurai ( rōnin) settled in Edo and devoted himself to the art of ukiyo‑e (Images of the flowing world). Koryūsai was active in the period from 1760 to 1789. In the first years of his creative period he created many depictions of beautiful women ( bijin-ga ) in the style of Suzuki Harunobus (around 1725–1770). After Harunobu’s death, Koryūsai was recognized for his own completely independent style of depicting beautiful women, his post pictures ( hashira- e), its large-format fashion leaves and its outstanding flower and bird pictures. His style is characterized by the emphasis on the robes, artistic hairstyles and a powerful drawing of the figures on an empty ground. Of all the Japanese woodcut artists, Koryūsai designed most of the post pictures with which the wooden pillars of the houses were adorned.
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