Courtesan seated in front of a screen of Mount Fuji
Keisai Eisen, Courtesan seated in front of a screen of Mount Fuji, mid-1820s, color woodblock print with embossing and metallic pigments on paper; shikishiban surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.645
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- Title
Courtesan seated in front of a screen of Mount Fuji
- Related Titles
original language; descriptive: 花魁と富士屏風
translated; descriptive: Courtesan and Fuji screens
transliterated; descriptive: Oiran to Fuji byōbu
- Artist
- Date
mid-1820s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing and metallic pigments on paper; shikishiban surimono
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 8 1/16 in x 7 1/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Ryuōsha Sono no Kochō // Sode no ume kaoreru // mado ni horo-yoi o // hō to fukidasu // sato no uguisu (By the window where sleeves are scented by the perfume of plum, a tipsy warbler in the quarters breathes out loudly as it sings [by] Ryuōsha Sono no Kochō) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Ryuōsha Sono no Kochō. Translation from Graybill 2011.
signature: 渓斎, printed in black ink, center right Transliteration: Keisai Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.645
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2007 In Winter, Silk Linings: The Kimono in Print Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
