 Towards the close of the eighteenth century there was a peak in both quality and quantity of the work.Kiyonaga was the pre-eminent portraitist of beauties during the 1780s, and the tall, graceful beauties in his work had a great influence on Utamaro, who was to succeed him in fame.Shunshō of the Katsukawa school introduced the ' "large-headed picture" in the 1760s.