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EISEN, Keisai  (1790 - 1848) From: Eight views of the New Yoshiwara

Signed:              Keisai Eisen ga
Publisher:         Tsuta-ya Kichisaburo
Seal:                   kiwame
Dated:                 c. 1820's
Size:                    oban (c. 38 x 25 cms / 15" x 10")



Condition:
Very good impression and colors, slight soil
along left margin, else very good.
A courtesan on a bench holding a bow, a view of the pleasure quarter is depicted in the inset above. - This design is from Eisen's earlier period when his depiction of women still reflected the taste of the late 18th century as it was typical for the works of Utamaro, e.g. Later his figures became more and more 'compressed' while broad garments became the central element of the design.


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