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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa)

Description

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)

Title

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa)
From the series *Twelve Views of Modern Beauties* (Imayo bijin junikei)
Imayo bijin junikei

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.7 x 26.2 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, middle left in pencil:10/Eisen

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1387

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

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Tombstone

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa); From the series *Twelve Views of Modern Beauties* (Imayo bijin junikei); Imayo bijin junikei, 1820s
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 38.7 x 26.2 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1387

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