Keisai Eisen

Eisen was not a member of the Utagawa School, but was a contemporary of both Kuniyoshi and Kunisada. He was a specialist in the "pretty girl" type of print.He did a series on the stations of the Tokaido road, following the example of Hiroshige, entitled Beauties of the Tokaido Road and each print portrays a young lady presumable seen along the way. The series was never completed. Eisen is considered one of the leading artists of ukiyo-e's "decadent" period. Lived 1790-1848.