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Keisai Eisen

Beauties of the Floating World as Three Musical Instruments (Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku), 1820's

Description

Maker

Title

Beauties of the Floating World as Three Musical Instruments (Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku)

Year

1820's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 38.3 x 26.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Keisai Eisen ga
Seals: Moritaya Hanzō (Publisher); kiwame (Censor)

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1393

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Samurai At Leisure

November 26, 2019 - May 24, 2020

Sitting underneath cherry blossoms that match her soft pink robe, a young woman strums her shamisen. This three-stringed instrument was ubiquitous in the pleasure quarters, often combined with drums to entertain at parties and performances. For many of the samurai elite, courtesans accomplished in the art of music
and poetry were considered highly appealing.

This print, the right part of a triptych, would have been combined with depictions of two other women playing the zither and the fiddle.

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