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COURT LADY PREPARING TO PLAY THE KOTO by Keisai Eisen — VisualArtsDB

COURT LADY PREPARING TO PLAY THE KOTO

COURT LADY PREPARING TO PLAY THE KOTO

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow

Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow

Keisai Eisen, 1824

ōmiya, Station 5 from the series "Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō" (Kisokaidō rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi)

ōmiya, Station 5 from the series "Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō" (Kisokaidō rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi)

Keisai Eisen, 1835

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Keisai Eisen, 1800

Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow

Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow

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The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tsuchiya (from the series Beauties in their Finery amid Mallow Flowers)

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tsuchiya (from the series Beauties in their Finery amid Mallow Flowers)

Keisai Eisen, 1830

New Year’s Flower Arrangement

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Keisai Eisen, 1820

Family Seated in Front of a Screen

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Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)"

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Keisai Eisen, 1825

Tanabata, 7th month, from the series Customs of the Four Seasons and Children at Play (Shiki no tei osana asobi)

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PRINT

PRINT

Keisai Eisen

View of Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Gotenyama in Edo (Edo Gotenyama sakura zakari no fūkei)

View of Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Gotenyama in Edo (Edo Gotenyama sakura zakari no fūkei)

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A Gourd Flask, a Cup, a Writing Box, and a Book for Rokurokusai

A Gourd Flask, a Cup, a Writing Box, and a Book for Rokurokusai

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