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Katsushika Ōi
Japanese artist (c.1800-c.1866)
Katsushika Ōi (葛飾 応為) | |
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Katsushika Ōi in the mid-1840s | |
Born | c. 1800 (exact date unknown) Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan |
Died | c. 1866 (exact date unknown) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Ukiyo-e |
Father | Hokusai |
In this Japanese name, the surname is Katsushika.
Katsushika Ōi (葛飾 応為, c. 1800 – c. 1866), also known as Ei[1] (栄, or O-Ei (お栄) with the honorific prefix) or Ei-jo (栄女, lit. 'woman Ei') ,[2] was a Japanese Ukiyo-e artist of the early 19th century Edo period.
She was a daughter of Hokusai from his second wife. Ōi was an accomplished painter who also worked as a production assistant to her father.[3][4]
Biography
Ōi's birth and death dates are not known, although it is believed that she was born in 1800 and died around 1866.[2] She was a daughter of the ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1