Gai Qi (English spelling)

Japanese: 改琦 - かいき（英語表記）Gai Qi

[Born] Qianlong 39 (1774)
[Deceased] Doko 8(1828)/Doko 9(1829)
A Chinese painter of beauties in the mid-Qing Dynasty. His pen name was Boyun (Hakuun), and his pen names were Xiangbo, Qiqing, and Gyokuwaishi. His original residence was in Xinjiang Province, and later in Songjiang (Shanghai) (one theory goes that it was in Northern Zhili). He also painted people and Buddhist statues, but he excelled in portraits of beauties, and produced illustrations for the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. He was also an accomplished poet, and wrote works such as The Essays of the Gyokuho Mountain House.

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Japanese:

[生]乾隆39(1774)
[没]道光8(1828)/道光9(1829)
中国，清中期の美人画家。字は伯うん (はくうん) ，号は香伯，七きょう，玉壺外史。原籍は新疆省，のち松江 (上海) の籍となる (一説に北直隷) 。人物，仏像も描いたが，特に美人画にすぐれ，小説『紅楼夢』の挿絵も制作した。また詞にもすぐれ，『玉壺山房詞』などの著作もある。

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