Keinen Imao

Original name was Imao Isaburo. 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, be became a member of the Art Committee of the Imperial Household and a member of the Imperial Art Academy in 1919. Keinen specialized in Kacho-ga (flower and bird prints) with very realistic detail. He died in 1924.