Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Masanagi of the Tamaya

Size: 40.0cm by 26.5cm (15.75 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Keisai Eisen

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 5,000$ 37.00£ 29.50€ 34.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print is from the series Kuruwa Hakkei (Eight Views of the Pleasure Quarters), which depicts the life of courtesans in Shin-Yoshiwara, Tokyo's red-light district. Eisen is noted for his depictions of the ladies of the quarter, and here he conveys a courtesan lost in thought leaning against the lattice of a bay window.

This particular print is a post-war reproduction by Yamada Shoin.

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