Mt. Fuji from Izu Province; The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Owariya Brothel

1829

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Keisai Eisen and Tsutaya Kichizo

Mt. Fuji from Izu Province; The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Owariya Brothel

Artist: Keisai Eisen
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo

Mt. Fuji from Izu Province; The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Owariya Brothel

1829

Physical Qualities Color woodcut, Sheet: 386 x 261 mm. (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift from the Estate of Julius Levy

Object Number 1933.67.1

Printed in black, blue, green, pink, yellow. The woman stands before two lanterns, facing to the right. Her elaborate hairstyle is heavily ornamented with hairpins and a large comb. Her robe is decorated with cherry blossoms and sea life. A painting of Mt. Fuji in a circular reserve is at the upper left. Her coat, obi and hairpins are decorated with paired birds which are her personal crest, while the emblem of her brothel appears on the lanterns.

Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "90 Years of Asian Accessions: 1920-1940," (Lockwood de Forest, Julius Levy, Francis Burns Harvey, Mary Frick Jacobs, William H. Whitridge), July 2004-February 2005.

Katherine Rothkopf and Frances Klapthor, The Art of Pattern: Henri Matisse and Japanese Woodcut Artists, The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 2, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025

"The Art of Pattern: Henri Matisse and Japanese Woodcut Artists," BMA Today, Illue 173, Winter/Spring 2024, p. 7.

Inscribed: FACE: signature, Keisai Eisen ga; publisher seal; Kiwame seal