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Keisai EisenTamaya Nishi, Hana-murasaki (Purple Flower)c. 1830
c. 1830
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Signed: Keisai Eisen ga;
Seal: Kiwame
Series: Contemporary Scenes in the Pleasure Quarters
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi
Note: This is a famous series depicting beauties in front of a room screen with shadow reflections of patrons and courtesans as the background for the entire series.
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/8"
- Creator:Keisai Eisen (1790 - 1848, Japanese)
- Creation Year:c. 1830
- Dimensions:Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:Sheet has wear, surface dirt and staining in the upper corners.
- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
- Reference Number:Seller: UK21371stDibs: LU140352052
Keisai Eisen
Keisai Eisen was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialized in bijin-ga. His best works, including his ōkubi-e, are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–30). Eisen was also known as Ikeda Eisen and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan.
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