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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketTwelve Views of Modern Beauties![]() Size: 40.0cm by 26.5cm (15.75 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Keisai Eisen Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: ![]() Description: Eisen is most renowned for his bijin-ga ("illustrations of beautiful women") portraying women in a more realistic light than those depicted by earlier artists, replacing otherworldly grace and elegance with a less studied sensuality. He produced many portraits and full-length studies of fashions of the time. This print is from the series Imayou Bijou Jyuunikei (今様美人拾二景, "Twelve Scenes of Contemporary Beauties"). In the illustration, a geisha tucks the plectrum of a shamisen under her arm while she plays rock-paper-scissors (or perhaps she is just practicing hand movements for the shamisen...). The scenery of Sumida River (隅田川) is pictured in a handscroll-shaped panel at the top of the print (the title of the handscroll is "おもしろそう", meaning "beautiful" in old Japanese). There are a few minor marks on this print. ![]() ![]() Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (104) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (4) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (13) Yoshida family prints (50) Doi Hanga prints (15) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (18) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (61) kacho-e (21) yakusha-e (19) landscape (95) bijin-ga (91) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (34) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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