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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Customs of Tatsumi: Shells on the road (辰巳風俗道のかいがらTatsumi fuzoku michi no kaigara)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
Ōtaya Sakichi 大田屋佐吉 (Japanese, early 1800s), publisher

Title

Customs of Tatsumi: Shells on the road (辰巳風俗道のかいがらTatsumi fuzoku michi no kaigara)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820's

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 38.3 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Red circular stamp verso, bottom left.

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1392

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Edo Culture II
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Dec 16, 1994 – Mar 05, 1995
Women of the Floating World
Nov 09, 1990 – Jan 06, 1991

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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
Ōtaya Sakichi 大田屋佐吉 (Japanese, early 1800s), publisher
Customs of Tatsumi: Shells on the road (辰巳風俗道のかいがらTatsumi fuzoku michi no kaigara), 1820's
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban: 38.3 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1392

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