Shingei (真芸), also called Geiami (芸阿弥) or Shingei Geiami (真芸芸阿弥) (1431–1485) was a Japanese painter and player in the Muromachi era in the encourage of the Ashikaga shōguns. Born into a associates of well-known artists and curators (Ami family), he succeeded his father Shinno (Nōami) as the curator of the Ashikaga art stock and became a painter in his own right. He is known for his yamato-e paintings in Sumi-e style, following the tradition of Tenshō Shūbun. Geiami and his son Sōami were known as the three-Ami’s or San-Ami subsequently with their ancestor.
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