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EISEN, Ikeda
(1790 - 1848) 		Six Selected Beauties from the Life of the Yoshiwara
'The courtesan, Mutsu, from the house of Maruebi-ya'

Signed:                        Keisai Eisen ga
Publisher's seal:       Tsuta-ya Kichizo
Date:                            1830s
Size:                             37 x 25.4 cms





Condition:
Excellent impression and colors, some faint offsetting,
otherwise fine condition.  Full size.
The series title is an illusion ('mitate') to the famous 'Six poetic geniuses' of the ninth century (rokkasen), to which group the poet, Ariwara no Narihira, belongs who is shown in the cartouche at upper right.

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