The Property of a Gentleman
Chokosai Eisho (active circa 1780-1800) | The courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya house | Edo period, late 18th century
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The Property of a Gentleman
Chokosai Eisho (active circa 1780-1800)
The courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya house
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, silver mica background, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchu bijin kurabe), signed Eisho ga (Pictured by Eisho), published by Yamaguchiya Chuemon, circa 1795-97
Vertical oban: 36.7 x 26.1 cm., 14½ x 10¼ in.
A bust portrait, or okubi-e [lit. large head portrait] of the high-ranking courtesan (oiran) Hanaogi of the Ogiya [lit. House of Fans]. Against a shimmering silver mica ground, she wears a pink outer robe decorated with sparsely scattered cherry blossoms. The print is known in two versions: one with a mica ground and the other with a lighter background.
For a similar impression of the same print with dark mica ground in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 06.1136, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/176963
For another impression with a light background in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP186, go to:
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