Ikeda Koson
In this Japanese name, the family name is Ikeda.
Ikeda Koson (池田 孤邨, Echigo 1801 – 1866) was a Japanese painter.
He moved to Edo and studied painting with Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828).
He created a series of paintings that are closely related to a set by Hoitsu depicting court festivals (gosekku), that were adapted from Chinese practices and celebrated in Japan since the Nara period.
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