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Courtesan with kamuro

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Title

Courtesan with kamuro (given title)

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Production

execution: anonymous, Japan, 1845 - 1848
design: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉
school: Kikugawa 菊川派 (school)
publisher: Echigoya Chōhachi 越後屋長八

Period | Style | School

Subject

Erotik

Material | Technique

paper

Measurements

height: 37.2 cm
width: 15.5 cm

Inventory number

KI 10698

Acquisition

donation , 1948

Department

Asia Collection

Inscriptions

text on the print: Gedicht: ?
signature: Eisai
mark: kiwame

Description

Eisai 渓斎 Buchillustration? Eine Kurtisane mit vorne gebundenem Gürtel (obi 帯) in Begleitung einer kamuro, die eine shamisen 三味線 (dreisaitiges Zupf-/Schlaginstrument) trägt. „Schönheit gibt sich so geschickt, als ob sie jede Nacht einen Bräutigam empfinge“.

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