Eisen's Blue-Printed Pictures (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Eisen no Aizuri-e)

Catalog note / 解説

the background printed with bold sumi ink bokashi of baren swirls, a view of a seated nude from behind, she leans on her left hand while raising her right hand to touch her coiffure in the takashimada ('high Shimada') style, the tattoo based on an ukiyo-e print by Eisen depicting a courtesan rolling a letter; the series title cartouche in bronze-gold in the upper right margin, Edo zumi hyaku shoku, the print title to the left with the first portion, Eisen no, in the style of Eisen's signature, followed by a small aizuri-e (all blue print) of the original composition from which the tattoo is derived, signed in bronze-gold kanji, Bin-ni, with artist's red seal Binnie in the shape of a baren (…