Keinen IMAO-The Japanese Master-今尾景年-日本繪畫大師與作品

Keinen Imao was born in Kyoto, his original name was Imao Isaburo. He studied ukiyo-e painting with Umegata Tokyo and other Japanese styles with Suzuki Hyakunen. In 1880, he began to teach as a professor at the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting. In 1904, he became a member of the Art Committee of the Imperial Household and a Member of the Imperial Art Academy in 1919. An important Japanese style painter, Keinen specialized in Kacho-ga (Flower and Bird prints) with very realistic detail. He is best known for “Bird and Flower Albums by Keinen”, 1891, a set of 4 volumes, each containing 40 prints, published by Nishimura Soemon, carved by Tanaka Hirokichi and printed by Miki Jinzaburo.

| 狩野芳崖 | 橋本雅邦 | 幸野楳嶺 | 今尾景年 | 菊池芳文 | 竹內棲鳳 | 橫山大觀 |

| 山元春挙 | 川合玉堂 | 下村観山 | 菱田春草 | 上村松園 | 西村五雲 | 平福百穂 |

| 鏑木清方 | 橋本關雪 | 前田青邨 | 伊東深水 | 山口華楊 | 上村松篁 | 東山魁夷 |