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EISEN, Keisai (1790 - 1848)		From: Pictures of Modern Figures: The Spirit of a Courtesan's Heart - Courtesan in a Tiger kimono -
		Signed:                        Keisai Eisen ga Publisher:                   Kawaguchi-ya Chozo Censor's seal:             kiwame Date:                           1835 Size:                            oban tate-e (c. 36. 5 x 24.5 cms / c. 14 3/8" by 9 5/8") Condition: Very good impression and color, slight soiling at edges, tape residue at reverse top margin, else very good condition. ref. no.: # 732923 Price:  € 950.00

NOTE: This print is an aizuri-e ('blue print'), using a technique of repeated printings in shades of blue, which was a fairly successful attempt to evade the government's austerity edicts of the time against the more colorful nishiki-e ('full color prints').

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