A Brush with the Floating World: The Life and Art of Ikeda Teisai Ikeda Teisai (池田 貞哉, 1799 – 1859) emerged from the vibrant artistic landscape of Edo-period Tokyo as a significant figure in *ukiyo-e*, the “pictures of the floating world.” While not perhaps as universally recognized as some of his contemporaries like Hokusai or Hiroshige, Teisai’s contributions to portraiture and kabuki theater prints are nonetheless compelling, offering a fascinating glimpse into the cultural life of 19th-century Japan. Born in Tokyo, he dedicated his career to capturing the ephemeral beauty and dramatic en…
A chart of ikeda teisai's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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