之 <0xE4> <0xB8> <0x9E> ) ▁and ▁later ▁Y as ab uro ▁( <0xE5> <0xBC> <0xA5> 三 郎 ). ▁P up il ▁of ▁K ano ▁Eisen ' in ▁Mich in ob u ▁( <0xE7> <0x8B> <0xA9> 野 ▁ <0xE6> <0xA0> <0x84> 川 院 ▁ 典 信 ). ▁Born ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁son ▁of ▁direct ▁v ass al ▁of ▁the ▁Sh og un ate , ▁a ▁well - off ▁sam ur ai ▁family ▁that ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Fu ji w ara ▁cl an . ▁E ishi ▁was ▁a ▁v ass al ▁of ▁the ▁Sh og un ate ▁with ▁a ▁gener ous ▁st ip end ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 ▁' k oku ' ▁( 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁lit res ) ▁of ▁rice . ▁E ishi ▁left ▁his ▁employ ▁with ▁the ▁Sh ō gun ▁I e har u ▁to ▁purs ue ▁art . ▁ ▁His ▁early ▁works ▁were ▁prints , ▁mostly ▁Bij in - ga ▁port ra its ▁of ▁tall , ▁thin , ▁grace ful ▁beaut ies ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁style ▁established ▁by ▁himself ▁a kin ▁to ▁Ki y on aga ▁and ▁Ut amar o . ▁He ▁established ▁his ▁own ▁school ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁rival ▁to ▁Ut amar o . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁painter , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 0 1 ▁gave ▁up ▁print ▁design ing ▁to ▁dev ote ▁himself ▁to ▁painting . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁E ishi ▁was ▁born ▁H os oda ▁Tok it omi ▁() ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 6 ▁to ▁a