Eisui Ukiyo-e Beauty Woodblock Print
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A Beauty by Eisui, depicting a Tayu or Oiran with decorative hair ornaments holding a fan in her hand. Marked on upper left corner in Japanese kanji and right margin. Framed in a red toned wooden frame with off white mat board 25 x 20.5 inches window measures 14.5 x 9 inches. Moderate wearing to wooden frame, blemishes to paper art and blemishes to mat board. Framed art, art, wood block print, Japanese woodblock print, Japanese art, wall art, fine art, print making art, Figural art, home decor, Asian decor, Asian art, ukiyo-e block prints. 12 Art wall Print artist. Pupil of Hosoda Eishi. Among Eishis pupils, Eisui was the third most prolific after Eisho and Eiri in terms of the number of his colour prints. His speciality was bust portraits derived from the late 1790s works of Utamaro, and there is a particularly fine group in which the face of each courtesan completely fills the sheet. Eisui also provided illustrations for the popular novels of Jippensha Ikku.
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Eisui Ukiyo-e Beauty Woodblock Print
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