Artist History
Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818) was a Maruyama School painter from the mid to late Edo period. He was born in Kyoto and was one of the Ten Great Masters of the Omon School. He excelled in painting elegant Japanese beauties and was praised alongside Komai Genki. He worked to popularize the Maruyama School style of painting, and painted many genre paintings. He also excelled in Flower-and-bird Paintings.