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Artists

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 19.6 cm x W. 54.8 cm (7 11/16 x 21 9/16 in.)

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Parrot and Peach Blossoms, from the series Six Plaques of Birds and Flowers (Kachō gyokuban rokumai no uchi)

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Fuji of Elegant Delight (Fuzei omoshiroki Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

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Purple Inkstone of the Ming Dynasty (Minchō shiken) Vol. 2; after “Living Garden of Ming-dynasty Painting” (Minchō Seidō Gaen) originally published by Ooka Shumboku (1680-1763) in 1746

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Woman from Yakushi Temple District, Kayaba-chō, from the series Auspicious Festival-Day Assignations (Go rishō musubu no ennichi)

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Keisai Eisen ga"

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The Woman Who Loved Love (Koshoku Ichidai Onna); by Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693), Vol. 2

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