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One of Eight Views of Yoshiwara

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, 1790–1848

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1985-128

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Title

One of Eight Views of Yoshiwara

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

sheet trimmed to block: 39.4 x 27 cm. (15 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.) mat: 48.7 x 36.1 cm. (19 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Rensselaer W. Lee, Class of 1922

Object Number

x1985-128

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, oban, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

oban, color, paper, ink

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

birds, cityscapes, women, figures (representations)

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1985," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 45, no. 1 (1986): p.16–42, p. 28

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790–1848), One of Eight Views of Yoshiwara. Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper; 39.4 x 27 cm, 48.7 x 36.1 cm (mat). Bequest of Rensselaer W. Lee, Class of 1922 (x1985-128) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/14444

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