Imao Keinen

Imao Keinen (今尾 景年, Kyoto 1845 – 1924) was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.[1] In 1904 he was appointed as an Imperial Household Artist.

Imao Keinen
Illustration of two red birds and a white flower, from the Keinen Kachō Gafu album (1892)

Biography

He received a comprehensive education in various Japanese art styles from the age of 12. In 1880 he received a professorship at the Kyoto School of Painting. Following the publication of the Keinen Kachō Gafu album in 1892, he became a member of the Art Committee of the imperial court and in 1919 a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.[1]

The Keinen Kachō Gafu (景年花鳥畫譜), published in 1892, is an album with an extensive series of bird-and-flower (kachō-e) in woodblock print.[1][2]

His works are part of many museum collections throughout the world.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Imao Keinen". ku.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Fuji Arts Japanese Prints - Imao Keinen (1845 - 1924) and his Four Seasons (Keinen Kacho Gafu)". fujiarts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. "Imao Keinen - Two Birds and Crysanthemums, from Keinen kachō gafu (Keinen's Flower-and-Bird Painting Manual) - Japan - The Met". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. "Imao Keinen - Rijksmuseum". rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. "Keinen, Imao - The Art Institute of Chicago". artic.edu. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

Further reading
  • Louise Norton Brown, Book Illustration in Japan (New York: Routledge, 1924), 198-201.
  • Jack Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, vol. 2 (London: Sotheby’s, 1987), 800, 969.
  • Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992), 41.

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