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| Artist |
Eisen IKEDA (1790-1848) |
| Title |
"Hakone, Station #11" |
| Series |
"Beauties Along the Tokaido Highway" ("Bijin Tokaido") |
| Date |
Originally ca1830's; this a later "re-strike" edition, ca1970's. |
| Publisher |
Ishukankokai |
| Carver/Printer |
Carver: Watanabe Kazuo, Printer: Watanabe Yoshiaki, Papermaker: Yamaguchi Soumatsu |
| Image Size |
10 x 14 1/2 ("dia-oban"--large oban) |
| Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; "gauffrage" to kimono, mosquito netting,
body outline and Fuji; crisp, highly detailed
carving. (VIEW representative verso "bleed-through.") |
| Condition |
Excellent. |
| Reference/Illus |
na |
| Comments |
An elegant scene from the series "Beauties along the Tokaido" which featured beauties and courtesans traveling
along the famous "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Highway" between Tokyo to Kyoto. |
| Item # |
DG-324 |
| Price |
$185 |
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