Album of prints from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara (Keisei dōchū sugoroku, Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui)
Keisai EisenWW-1790-160440
1790·Fifty-six woodblock prints mounted as an album; ink and color on paper·11 in. × 14 3/4 in. (27.9 × 37.5 cm)
Image (each): 9 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (23.8 × 33.7 cm)
Gift of Suizan Miki, 1952
Catalogue
- Year
- 1790
- Dimensions
- 11 in. × 14 3/4 in. (27.9 × 37.5 cm) Image (each): 9 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (23.8 × 33.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Keisai Eisen
Artist
Keisai Eisen
Printmaking
Keisai Eisen was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who specialised in bijin-ga. His best works, including his ōkubi-e, are considered to be masterpieces of the "decadent" Bunsei Era (1818–1830). He was also known as Ikeda Eisen, and wrote under the name of Ippitsuan.
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- Keisai Eisen
- Year
- 1790
- Dimensions
- 11 in. × 14 3/4 in. (27.9 × 37.5 cm) Image (each): 9 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (23.8 × 33.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1790-160440
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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