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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketThe Amused Type Size: 38.0cm by 25.0cm (14.96 in by 9.84 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Keisai Eisen Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: ¥ 8,000$ 61.00£ 48.25€ 56.25   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). A reproduction published by Ishu Kanko-kai and produced by Kajikawa Kobo probably in the late 1980s or early 1990s.     Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (103) kacho-e (26) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (16) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (12) Yoshida family prints (48) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (59) kacho-e (28) yakusha-e (13) landscape (111) bijin-ga (72) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (29) books (5) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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