Isoda Koryūsai was born in Japan and lived from about 1735 to 1789. Isoda counts among the Ukiyoe artists and Ukiyoe means translated roughly "pictures of the flowing world". Under the term ukiyoe a group of artists was summarized, who stood for a special genre of art in the Edo period. They were mainly known for their prints, but also for their paintings. The Ukiyoe artists reflected in their works the cheerful attitude to life of a growing middle class in cities like Edo, today's Tokyo. While the term had until then been associated with a rather inhibited and contemplative attitude to life, Ukioye became a term that embodied life and enjoyment at the beginning of the 18th century.
Isoda was first a samurai of the Tsuchiya-Han, but then gave up his position to devote himself to art. He mainly created prints and his preferred format was the elongated portrait format, which was called the "post format". Until 1770 he was strongly oriented artistically towards his teachers Nishimura Shigenaga, of whom one only suspects that he taught Isoda, and Suzuki Harunobu. After that he developed his own personal style.
Isoda mainly depicted young women, in social or private scenes. One of his most famous works is certainly the series "Young Dolls in Their New Year's Clothes". It shows the courtesans of the brothel district in Edo. His works are today represented in the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Met Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, among others.
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.jpg "Lovers Behind a Screen (Twelve Views of Refined Edo) by Isoda Koryusai")
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Furyu_Edo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363553).jpg "Reading Lovers (Twelve Views of Refined Edo) by Isoda Koryusai")
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Furyu_Edo_ju_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364042).jpg "Young Lovers by Isoda Koryusai")
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Furyu_Edo_juni_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364002).jpg "Sleeping Woman by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Lovers Interrupted, from the series \"Poems of the Husband and Wife Mane")
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.jpg "Takigawa and Katarai of the Ogiya, from the series \"Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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F_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363900).jpg "Lovers by Tea Set (Twelve Views of Refined Edo) by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Courtesan and Older Client Behind Screen by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Kaoru of the Shin-Kanaya, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271778).jpg "Geese Descending at Yoshiwara, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Par_-_(MeisterDrucke-1282653).jpg "Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene, from the series")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya and Her Attendant by Isoda Koryusai")
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Fury_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362392).jpg "Lovers by shamisen by Isoda Koryusai")
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Furyu_Edo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363539).jpg "Lovers in Bed (Twelve Views of Refined Edo) by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_The_Five_Fashionable_Day_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292719).jpg "The First Horseback Ride, from the series \"The Five Fashionable Days of Starting\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Eig_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291282).jpg "Geese Descending on the Sumida River, from the series")
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.jpg "Young Woman Overpowered by Man by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Fashionab_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291407).jpg "Evening Glow at Matsusaki, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Collection_of_of_Fashionable_Accom_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293337).jpg "Cutting and Sewing, from the series")
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.jpg "Young Man with a Lantern Walking in Snow by Isoda Koryusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011391).jpg "Sunset at Kawari by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Eig_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281120).jpg "Karauta of the Ogiya in Evening Snow, from the series Eight Views of Famous Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashiona_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298772).jpg "Tamashima River in Hizen Province (Tamashimagawa, Hizen), from the Series")
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.jpg "Young Woman Hanging a Painting by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "The Bon Festival in the Sixth Month, from the series \"Fashionable Twelve Months\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Phoenix Flying Over Waves in Front of Morning Sun by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Shioginu of the Tsutaya, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275475).jpg "Snake, from the Series \"Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296897).jpg "Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks (Genpachi and Komurasaki?) by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_ser_-_(MeisterDrucke-1278996).jpg "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove - No. 2, from the series \"Popular Versions of Sages\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Twelve_Months_(Furyu_juni_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290926).jpg "The Fourth Month, from the series \"Fashionable Twelve Months\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Sugawara of the Tsuruya Dreaming of Daikoku by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series")
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.jpg "Dragon and Tiger by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves: The Courtesan Nanasato of the Yotsumeya with Her Attendants Nanaji and Satoji by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Japanese_Versions_of_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291578).jpg "Yu Kinro, from the series")
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_Flowers_-_(MeisterDrucke-1303456).jpg "Young Woman Holding Parasol Admires Hirugao Flowers by Isoda Koryusai")
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Furyu_E_-_(MeisterDrucke-1366133).jpg "Lovers by Torii by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Popular_Kyogen_Plays_(Furyu_kyo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1614971).jpg "The Monkey")
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.jpg "Calligraphy, from the series \"Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Cranes and Bamboo by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_A_Fashionable_Parody_of_the_Five_Virtues_(Furyu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1270214).jpg "Fidelity (Shin), from the series \"A Fashionable Parody of the Five Virtues (Furyu yatsushi gojo)\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Matsukaze of Yamashiroya with Attendants, Edo period by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Poem by Bun")
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_Nioteru_of_the_Ogiya_from_the_series_Models_for_Fashi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292073).jpg "The Sixth Month: Nioteru of the Ogiya, from the series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Twelve_Months_(Furyu_juni_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291971).jpg "The Eighth Month, from the series")
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.jpg "Ukifune of the Kanaya, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Eight_View_-_(MeisterDrucke-1280746).jpg "Young Woman in the Glow of Sunset, from the Series")
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.jpg "Painting, from the series \"Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments (Furyu kinkishoga)\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Delivering a Love Letter by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Oshu of the Yamaguchiya, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Informal_Versions_of_the_Six_Accomplishments_in_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1301735).jpg "Archery, from the series")
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.jpg "Women Washing Clothes at Well by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Parodies_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285470).jpg "Clearing Weather of the Fan, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285298).jpg "Settsu, from the series \"Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Two Ducks Swimming by Yellow Blooming Arrowhead by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Haruka and Haruji of the Kadotamaya as Soga no Goro and Asaina Saburo in the Armor-Pulling Scene, from the Series")
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.jpg "Chozan of the Chojiya, from the series \"Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Nui and Chiyo from Daimon Fujiya performing the hobby-horse dance, from the series")
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.jpg "Five Young Boys Rolling a Large Snowball by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Shirotae of the Okanaya, from the series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Courtesan and Her Attendant on a Balcony Overlooking River by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Comic_Performances_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274431).jpg "The Flowered-Hat Dance, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Informal_Parodies_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293865).jpg "Komachi and the Stupa, from the series \"Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Shirayu of the Wakanaya, from the series \"Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Young Man Holds a Kite for a Child by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Crane, Bamboo and Iris by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Courtesan Looking Back at Shadows on the Shoji by Isoda Koryusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285263).jpg "Musashi, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Fa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283421).jpg "The Evening Bell of the Nun, from the series \"Eight Views of Fashionable Human Relations\" by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Sweeping a Cobweb by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Tamazusa of Iedaya, from the Series")
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.jpg "Two Courtesans of the Iseya by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Karahama of Yamashiroya Performing the Tea Ceremony by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "The New Year Game, Illustration in")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Agemaki from the Matsuganeya (Model Patterns of Early Spring Leaves) by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Famous_Pla_-_(MeisterDrucke-1292013).jpg "The Eighth Month at Hagi Temple, from the series")
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.jpg "Courtesan Standing Behind Screen and Young Man Smoking by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Fashio_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288483).jpg "Evening Snow at Sensoji Temple, from the series")
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.jpg "Couple Sharing an Umbrella Under the Snow by Isoda Koryusai")
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_from_the_series_Fashionable_Mi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275974).jpg "Mimosuso River in Ise Province, from the series")
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.jpg "View of Mount Fuji at Sunrise on New Year")
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.jpg "The Courtesans Chozan of the Chojiya, Hanaogi of the Ogiya, and Matsunoi of the Matsubaya by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Young Man with Umbrella Knocking on Gate in Snow by Isoda Koryusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-314823).jpg "Banquet in a Wealthy Household by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Two Courtesans by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Two Young Women Playing Cat")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906383).jpg "Courtesan and Attendant by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Courtesan Looks Down at Youth Dressed as Mendicant Monk by Isoda Koryusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1107860).jpg "Saigyo Hoshi Contemplating Mount Fuji by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Chozan of the Chojiya, from the series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves by Isoda Koryusai")
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.jpg "Two Itinerant Musicians under a Willow Tree by Isoda Koryusai")
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