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Courtesan by Keisai Eisen — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan

Courtesan

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Vertical ōban diptych
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Japanese

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Boat Ferrying Across River

Boat Ferrying Across River

Keisai Eisen, 1790

Hiratsuka near Kutsukake

Hiratsuka near Kutsukake

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Ōtsu-e Paintings of Rats (Nezumi Ōtsu), from the series Collection of Rats: Twelve Treasures (Nezumi tsukushi jūni takara)

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No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

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Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow

Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow

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Head of a Beauty

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No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

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Keisai Eisen, 1830

Benzaiten Playing a Lute beneath Plum Blossoms

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Evening Glow at Nihonbashi

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