Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) | A courtesan stepping out of a palanquin in snow | Edo period, 19th century
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
A courtesan stepping out of a palanquin
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, signed Keisai, privately issued, circa early 1820s, poem by Ryuotei Hananari and others; with collectors' seals of Henri Vever and Gerhard Pulverer
Shikishiban surimono: 21 x 18.3 cm., 8¼ x 7¼ in.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Courtisane sortant d'un palanquin, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
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
Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), no. 125.
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), p. 58, no. 2-11.
A similar impression of the same surimono is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1925.2882.
A further impression is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1933.4.968.