Lot Essay
Previously sold in these Rooms, 27 October, 1998, lot 74
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Courtesan
Details
Keisai Eisen (1791-1848)
Courtesan
Signed Keisai Eisen ga, sealed Kei and Sai
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
31½ x 12¼in. (80 x 31cm.)
Courtesan
Signed Keisai Eisen ga, sealed Kei and Sai
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
31½ x 12¼in. (80 x 31cm.)
Provenance
Hirano Masakichi, Akita
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo
Exhibited
Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka, "Nikuhitsu ukiyoe bijinga ten" (Exhibition of beauties in ukiyo-e paintings), 1983.10.2--11.27
"Azabu bijutsukan shozo nikuhitsu ukiyoe meihin ten/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues;
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo, "Edo no fasshon: Kaikan kinen ten Part. 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyoe ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/Fashion of Edo: Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings," 1989.6.14--7.2
PUBLISHED:
Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyoe bijinga ten (Exhibition of beauties in ukiyo-e paintings), catalogued by Nishina Sosuke (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), no. 41.
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyoe bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi shinbunsha, 1983), Bunka-era section, pl. 39.
Azabu Museum of Art and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Azabu bijutsukan shozo nikuhitsu ukiyoe meihin ten/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 56.
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts and Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, eds., Edo no fasshon: Kaikan kinen ten, Part 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyoe ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/Fashion of Edo: Women's Dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1989), pl. 62.
Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyoe taikan/Ukiyo-e Paintings in Japanese Collections (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), no. 32.
"Azabu bijutsukan shozo nikuhitsu ukiyoe meihin ten/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues;
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo, "Edo no fasshon: Kaikan kinen ten Part. 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyoe ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/Fashion of Edo: Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings," 1989.6.14--7.2
PUBLISHED:
Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyoe bijinga ten (Exhibition of beauties in ukiyo-e paintings), catalogued by Nishina Sosuke (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), no. 41.
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyoe bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi shinbunsha, 1983), Bunka-era section, pl. 39.
Azabu Museum of Art and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Azabu bijutsukan shozo nikuhitsu ukiyoe meihin ten/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 56.
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts and Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, eds., Edo no fasshon: Kaikan kinen ten, Part 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyoe ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/Fashion of Edo: Women's Dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1989), pl. 62.
Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyoe taikan/Ukiyo-e Paintings in Japanese Collections (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), no. 32.