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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Nekomata (A veteran courtesan) (Nekomata)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Nekomata (A veteran courtesan) (Nekomata)
from the series, Contemporary portraits in magic lantern slides (当世姿の写絵 Tōsei sugata no utsushi-e)
Tosei sugata no utsushie

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

color, ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 39.1 x 26.4 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawasho han; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1170

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Nekomata (A veteran courtesan) (Nekomata); from the series, Contemporary portraits in magic lantern slides (当世姿の写絵 Tōsei sugata no utsushi-e); Tosei sugata no utsushie, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban: 39.1 x 26.4 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1170

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