Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
Courtesan Sakie of the Sanotsuchiya at Edo-machi nichome in the New Yoshiwara, with kamuro Tayori and Ayano, circa 1830s
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Keisei Eisen ga'
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Signed: 'Keisei Eisen ga'
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
Vertical oban:
36.5 x 25.3 cm. (14 ⅜ x 10 in.)
36.5 x 25.3 cm. (14 ⅜ x 10 in.)
Good impression and colour. Some rubbing and soiling, paper slightly thinning at lower left edge. Wormholes overall and some wear including losses at edges. Red seal to verso.
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Another impression of the same print is in the MFA, Boston:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/216984/sakie-of-the-sanotsuchiya-at-edomachi-nichome-in-the-new-yo?ctx=a2d369ed-07be-456f-a925-f1e7ebb2fcfd&idx=0
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/216984/sakie-of-the-sanotsuchiya-at-edomachi-nichome-in-the-new-yo?ctx=a2d369ed-07be-456f-a925-f1e7ebb2fcfd&idx=0
Another impression of the same print is in the MFA, Boston:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/216984/sakie-of-the-sanotsuchiya-at-edomachi-nichome-in-the-new-yo?ctx=a2d369ed-07be-456f-a925-f1e7ebb2fcfd&idx=0
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/216984/sakie-of-the-sanotsuchiya-at-edomachi-nichome-in-the-new-yo?ctx=a2d369ed-07be-456f-a925-f1e7ebb2fcfd&idx=0