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(2) Kaigetsudo Anchi [Choyodo]
( fl Edo [now Tokyo], c. 1710s). Painter and print designer. He was a direct pupil of the school’s founder, (1) Kaigetsudo Ando. Like all the artists of the school, Anchi specialized in monumental, full-length portraits of courtesans from the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter. His artistic style is characterized by a manner more coyly erotic than that of his teacher: his women are aristocratic, self-absorbed and disdainful—a mode well suited to the depiction of Yoshiwara ladies of the night. In addition to his impressive kakemono (hanging-scrolls), Anchi is known for several large monochrome prints, sometimes hand-coloured by the publisher. His prints, which make full use of the graphic potential of the woodblock printing technique, are probably more effective than his paintings.
Part of the Kaigetsudo family
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