Ryukosai Jokei

Ryukosai Ryukosai (birth year unknown-7 years of culture <1810>) is an ukiyo-e artist from Osaka during the Edo period.

Kangetsu Shitomi's master. The surnames are Taga, and Azana is Nyokei and Hidemasa. Known as Jihei. Lives in Osaka Kitahorie, Namba Shinchi, etc. From around 1777, he drew illustrations for Kyoka books and picture books. He was an ukiyo-e artist who represented Kamigata after the death of Tsukioka Settei. Established a unique Kamigatae that was influenced by the actors of Katsukawa Shun'ei and Katsukawa Shun'o in Edo by drawing 50 actors in "Tansei Language Bi" (Yakusha Monoiwai) in 1784. bottom.

From around 1792 (Kansei 4), he began to produce single-sized fine-sized Yakusha-e, which laid the foundation for the Kamigata Yakusha-e fashion. The drawing period is up to the cultural year. In the 2nd year of Kansei (1790), he published the picture book "Ehon Niwatazumi", which is a collection of stage drawings. In the humorous book "Taro Chawa Taro" (made by Tetsugaku), in Kansei 9 (1797), "Kirishimadai" by Hachimojiya's own laughter, and in Kansei 12 (1800), the play picture book "Hundred People of the Actors" "Cosmetic Mirror" (Hachimojiya's own laughter), the play picture book "Theatrical Painting History" in the 3rd year of Kansei (1803), and the play picture book "Sangano Theater Grass Seed" in the first year of culture (1804). Tsushibai Kusa no Tane) ”and other books are published by himself.

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