About the artist
Settei Tsukioka was a ukiyo-e artist born in Omi Province. Settei studied painting in Osaka with Keiho Takada in the style of the Kano school. He was strongly influenced by the work of the ukiyo-e artist Sukenobu Nishikawa. By 1762, Settei had produced over fifty illustrated books. From then onwards, he started painting hanging scrolls of beauties, which he best known for today.