Name used by members of a school of Japanese painters and print designers, which flourished in Edo (now Tokyo) during the first half of the 18th century. They specialized in paintings and prints of courtesans of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, depicted in monumental, standing poses and dressed in luxurious kimonos. The founder of the school was (1) Kaigetsudo Ando, who was strongly influenced by Hishikawa Moronobu and Sugimura Jihei ( fl c. 1681-1703). They worked in the ukiyoe ('pictures of the floating world') genre (see JAPAN,
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