EIZAN. The courtesan Chōdayū
Artist:
Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)
Subject:
The courtesan Chōdayū of the Okamotoya house with two kamuro.
Signature:
Eizan hitsu
Date:
1824-29. Censor seal kiwame.
Publisher:
Sanoki
Size:
Oban, 37,2x25,5 cm. A tiny number "4" is printed in the lower left corner. The print is part of a five sheets composition.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Other two impressions are illustrated in Eiko Kondo, The Japan Ukiyo-e Academy, Eizan, 1986, no. 470 and in Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, The Women of the Pleasure Quarter, Worcester 1995, p. 97.
Item no:
B 335