Hara Zaichu 原在中

原在中 Hara Zaichu (1750-1837)
Painter of Kyoto in the late Edo period. Founder of the Hara school. His birth family were doctors, but when Zaichu became a painter, the Hara family turned painting into a family business. He is noted for his precise decorative style, a fusion of the Tosa, Maruyama-Shijo, and Kishi-ha schools. He excelled at portraits.