Asian Art

Kaigetsudō Ando

Kaigetsudō Ando (壊月堂安度, c. 1671–1743), also known as Ando Yasunori, was a Japanese painter and the founder of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e art. The characters of his name, 安度, are read "Ando" following the Sino-Japanese reading, but can also be read "Yasunobu" or "Yasunori" in native Japanese readings; this ambiguity long led to the mistaken belief that these were two distinct artists. Though influential and prolific, it is probable that many of the works attributed to him were painted by his disciples. He is a rarity among major ukiyo-e artists in that he made only paintings and never woodblock prints.

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