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Description: | IH, un s. on plate b. r. "Eizan hitsu"; inscr. on plate b. r. "Poetical Comparisons" (translation); publisher's seal b. l.; poem on fan t. r.; censor's seal t. l. CRE EIZAN, Kikugawa; (Japanese; 1787 - 1867) PUB Yamaguchi-ya Tobei. This printing house was active from 1780 - 1860. Eizan was famous for his pictures of beauties ('bijin-ga') and depicted the most famous courtesans of the era attired in the latest fashions. The artist worked on a number of series that incorporated the fan motif and linked beautiful women to poets and poetry. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JAPANESE PRINT : WOMAN : FASHION : SERIES : FAN : ROLL OF PAPER : BEAUTY : TEXTILE : HEAD PIECE : COURTESAN : KIMONO : CALLIGRAPHY : POETRY : YEIZAN : GILBERT INNES COLLECTION : UKIYO-E : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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