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Imao
Keinen (1845-1924)
Imao Keinen 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.
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