Japanese Print "The Fan Store Eijudö" by Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist:Utagawa Toyokuni I
Title:The Fan Store Eijudö
Date:c. 1800
Details:The original page for this print is no longer online. More information may be available on the source's web site.
Source:Honolulu Museum of Art
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Description:
A signboard reading “Eijudö, Fans and Various Things” hangs above the front of a shop which sells fan paintings and folding fans. If one believes the shop sign, then this is a depiction of the Nishimura-ya Eijudö publishing house that produced these prints. However, it is not clear whether or not this publisher actually had such a sales area. The puppies on the dirt floor are rather cute, and the women are attractive. (Tadashi Kobayashi, “Edo Beauties in Ukiyo-e”, 1994)
