EISEN (1790-1848). A courtesan
Artist:
Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)
Subject:
The courtesan Usugumo of the Tamaya house. In the inset cherry blossoms at Naka-no-chō.
Title:
Sangatsu, Naka-no-chô sakura (In the Third Month, Cherry Blossoms on Naka-no-chō)
Series:
Kuruwa no shikishi Yoshiwara yōji (Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters: Annual Events in the Yoshiwara)
Signature:
Keisai Eisen ga
Date:
1821–23 ca. Censor seal kiwame
Publisher:
Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Kōshodō)
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 37,4x25,7 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Other prints of this series are illustrated in Chiba City Museum of art, Keisai Eisen: Artist of the Floating World, Chiba 2012, n. 47-49.
Conditions:
Good impression and colour, some light paper creases otherwise good conditions.
Item no:
B 157
Price:
Euro 650
Status:
Available