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Chokosai Eisho
The Courtesan Midorigi

1795-6

$17,500
£13,521.79
€15,632.46
CA$24,728.77
A$27,734.96
CHF 14,524.37
MX$337,006.75
NOK 184,435.13
SEK 174,857.49
DKK 116,688.13

About the Item

Signed: Eisho zu From the series: "Contest of Beauties in the Pleasure District" (Kakuchi bijin-kurabe) Format: Oban Publisher: Yamaguchi ya Chusuke The courtesan Midorigi of the Wakamatsu ya bordello depicted against a decorated ground, holding an ornamental sculpture of an ox. Eisho Chokosai was a pupil of Eisho Hosoda, and is also known as Eisho Hosoda. Reference: Richard Lane, Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print (New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978), reproduced on cover and on p. 143 (full page in color)
  • Creator:
    Chokosai Eisho (1790 - 1799, Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    1795-6
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 10.13 in (25.74 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
    1790-1799
  • Condition:
    Paper toned; otherwise very good.
  • Gallery Location:
    Fairlawn, OH
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: UK14981stDibs: LU1402652851

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