Japanese Print "Bijin at gardens gate" by Keisai Eisen
Artist:Keisai Eisen
Title:Bijin at gardens gate
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Source:Japanese Art Open Database
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Description:
Title Lovers at Front Gate kuchi-e Artist Eisen Tomioka 1864-1905 Seal Artist's seal (Eisen) Dated Ca. 1900 - 1910s Publisher Bungei Kurabu Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression Very good. Colors Very good … shomen-zuri patterns on her hair, orange color partially oxidized. Condition Very good … Light toning, slightly soiled, three needle size worm holes on the middle left background, two slight vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, not backed. Description Frontispiece illustration from a popular literary magazine similar to Bungei Kurabu, which was aimed at largely female readers in Meiji - Taisho era. Here, a bijin in kimono is seeing off her lover late at night. Width Item 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm Height Item 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm
