Japanese illustrations; a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan by Strange Edward Fairbrother 1862-1929

Author:Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Art, Japanese, Wood-engraving, Illustration of books
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
Published: 1904-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN.

no-kuni; afterwards settling at Yedo, on his return, as a designer—in the style of Hokusai—and colour-print artist. Herein he achieved a great success. His portraits of ad:ors and beauties were in the manner popular at the time—a florid development of that of Utamaro and the later Torii artists, but his landscapes were entirely original and more highly appreciated by his contemporaries than they have yet been by Europeans. In this matter, however, a strong individuality began to display itself. Yeisen accepted a commission from a publisher— receiving payment in advance—for a series of views of Yedo, Kyoto, and Osaka, and executed part of the work. But before its completion, he entirely abandoned it, employing himself instead with designs for kites and other toys. His expressed reason, charmingly naive, was that he objedled strongly to becoming famous ! It is to be said, nevertheless, that he spent all the money in a wild bout of dissipation; and his publisher finally found him in a house of ill-repute, severely and even dangerously intoxicated. After this escapade he left Yedo and went to Shiba Kawasuge, where he was entertained by Ikariya Rokubei, a wholesale fish-dealer, who was a great lover of colour-prints, and out of pure generosity befriended the artist. Here again, however, the temperament of the man broke out of all bounds. He borrowed money from his patron, entered

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