Keisai Eisen (1790–1848) | Three woodblock prints depicting bijin | Edo period, 19th century

Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)

Three woodblock prints depicting bijin

Edo period, 19^th century

Yoshiwara (Tegaariso, Yoshiwara)

The Amused Type, Sumida River (Omoshiroso, Sumidagawa)

Two woodblock prints from the series Twelve Views of Modern Beauties (Imayo bijin juni kei), both signed Keisai Eisen ga, each with censor’s seal kiwame, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1822-23

Together with:

Theatre (Shibai), woodblock print, a beauty holding a shuttlecock and battledore, from the series Eight Favourite Things in the Modern World (Tosei kobutsu hakkei), signed Keisai Eisen ga, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1823

Each vertical oban:

38.5 x 26.3 cm., 15 x 10½ in. (the first)

38.5 x 26.3 cm., 15 x 10½ in.(the second)

37.5 x 26.3 cm., 14¾ x 10½ in. (the third)