Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) | Two surimono depicting bijin | Edo period, 19th century
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
Two surimono depicting bijin
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, each signed Keisai, privately issued; each with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:
- A young woman carrying a child on her back beside a cockerel and long-tailed pheasant, circa 1820s, poem by Shochodo and others
- A young woman reading a letter before blossoming plum, circa mid-1820s, poem by Ryuotei Hananari and another
Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 20.9 x 18.2 cm., 8¼ x 7⅛ in.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Deux surimono représentant des bijin, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection], exhibited at the following venues:
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Osaka, 27th December 1990 - 8th January 1991
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ginza, 24th - 29th January 1991
(the first)
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), p. 58, no. 2-12. (the first)
A similar impression of the second surimono is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1933.4.966.
A further impression is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, accession number P.248-1937.
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