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Artist/Maker
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790 – 1848)
Publisher
Sanoya Kihei
(Japanese, active c.1717 – 1875)
Datec. 1830s-1840s
MediumWoodblock print with ink and Prussian blue on paper
DimensionsComposition: 28 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (72.4 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object numberINV.998
Not on view
DescriptionVertical kakemono-e, ōban aizuri-e (blue) diptych of a courtesan dressed in a kimono decorated with a carp climbing a waterfall.
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Kakemono-e Portrait of a Geisha (Parading Courtesan)
Exhibition History
1997
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Proper, Improper and Heroic", October 30 - December 16, 1997 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Proper, Improper and Heroic", October 30 - December 16, 1997 (no cat.).
Provenance
According to notes: William Rnadolph Hearst; purchased by Thomas Coley c. 1940s-1989; assumed bequeathed to William Roehrick 1989-1995; assumed bequeathed to Hamilton College 1995.
Markings
Recto, lower right (seal): "kiwame"
Signature
Recto, lower right: "Keisai Eisen ga"
Keisai Eisen
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Date: date unknown
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