Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Moon: Egawa of the Marueiya (月 丸海老屋内江川Tsuki: Egawa Marueiya nai)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Moon: Egawa of the Marueiya (月 丸海老屋内江川Tsuki: Egawa Marueiya nai)
from the series Parody of Snow, Moon, and Flower (見立て月雪花 Mitate tsukiyukihana)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.9 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga

Seals: Censor's seal | Kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

97.020

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

Exhibition History

Courtesans of the Floating World
May 30, 1986 – Aug 30, 1986

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Tombstone

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Moon: Egawa of the Marueiya (月 丸海老屋内江川Tsuki: Egawa Marueiya nai); from the series Parody of Snow, Moon, and Flower (見立て月雪花 Mitate tsukiyukihana), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 37.9 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 inches)
Gift of Isaac C. Bates 97.020

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