Mori Kansai

Mori Kansai (1814-1894) was a painter active from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. He was a painter of the Mori school, whose founder was Mori Chikusen. His father was Ishida Michimasa, a samurai of the Choshu domain. He was adopted by Tetsuzan, the second generation of the Mori school.