Japanese Art and Keisen Ikeda

Japanese Art and Keisen Ikeda

Lee Jay Walker

Modern Tokyo Times

Keisen Ikeda was born in the twilight of the Edo Period in the early 1860s and passed away in 1931. His creative life therefore bridges several eras: rooted in Meiji (1868–1912), flourishing through Taishō (1912–1926), and concluding in the opening years of Shōwa. This passage across epochs endowed his work with both classical refinement and modern sensitivity.

He first opened his eyes in Ise Province...