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Keisai EISEN
(1790 - 1848) 		Woman reading a letter

Signed:                     Keisai Eisen ga
Publisher:                (no publisher's seal - as always)
Censor seal:            kiwame
Date:                          1820s
Size:                          oban tate-e  (c. 37. 3 x 26. 2 cms)



Condition:
Very good impression with fine colors, very few paper
thinnings, else very good condition. - Full paper size.


ref. no.: # 54 1245
Print from the series: "Famous Edo pine trees" (Edo no matsu meiboku zukushi), a series of at least eighteen designs. The inset is entitled 'The five-legged pine tree' (in Honjo district). - A beautiful design from Eisen's best period prior to 1830.

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