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Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (風流夕涼三美人Fūryū yūsuzumi san bijin)

Maker

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山 (Japanese, 1787-1867
b. in Edo)

Title

Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (風流夕涼三美人Fūryū yūsuzumi san bijin)
Three fashionable beauties enjoying the evening cool (Furyu yusuzumi san bijin)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1810

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 triptych: 36 x 52.7 cm (14 3/16 x 20 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

Inscription: Inscription verso (part A), bottom center in pencil: ICB19.1-.3; in a later hand, verso (part A), bottom right in pencil: 4.

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1399

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

The Pleasure of Edo
Life in the Yoshiwara
Mar 24, 2000 – Jun 18, 2000

Label copy

In this striking image, three slightly disheveled geisha escape from a party visible through the sliding doors.

Edo Culture II
Life in the Pleasure Quarters
Dec 16, 1994 – Mar 05, 1995
Women in Japanese Prints
Mar 05, 1993 – May 09, 1993
Courtesans of the Floating World
May 30, 1986 – Aug 30, 1986

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Tombstone

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山 (Japanese, 1787-1867
b. in Edo)
Yamada Shōjirō 山田屋庄次郎 (Japanese, 1850s), publisher
Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (風流夕涼三美人Fūryū yūsuzumi san bijin); Three fashionable beauties enjoying the evening cool (Furyu yusuzumi san bijin), ca. 1810
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban triptych: 36 x 52.7 cm (14 3/16 x 20 3/4 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1399

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