Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 106768

Bijin at gardens gate

Artist / 作者
Keisai Eisen渓斎英泉
Date / 年代
1864
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 980 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Title Lovers at Front Gate kuchi-e Artist Eisen Tomioka 1864-1905 Seal Artist's seal (Eisen) Dated Ca. 1900 - 1910s Publisher Bungei Kurabu Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression Very good. Colors Very good … shomen-zuri patterns on her hair, orange color partially oxidized. Condition Very good … Light toning, slightly soiled, three needle size worm holes on the middle left background, two slight vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, not backed. Description Frontispiece illustration from a popular literary magazine similar to Bungei Kurabu, which was aimed at largely female readers in Meiji - Taisho era. Here, a bijin in kimono is seeing off her lover late at night. Width Item 10.4 inches…

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