Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)
Japanese, 1761-1816
- Names
Santō Kyōden
Kitao Masanobu
北尾政演
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)
山東京伝
Santo Kyoden
Iwase Samuru
岩瀬醒
- Occupation or Type
print designer
calligrapher
poet
writer
- Bio
Kitao Masanobu fashioned himself as the superb connoisseur of the pleasure quarters through his painted and printed portratis of courtesans and through his novels, such as the tongue-in-cheek Edo umare uwaki no kabayaki (Playboy, Roasted Edo-style), written under the pseudonym Santô Kyôden.
- Gender
Male
- Related People
Student of: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)