COMPARISONS OF THE CUSTOMS OF BEAUTIES: AUTUMN MOON AT EITAI TEMPLE (Kikukawa Eizan)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Kikukawa Eizan 菊川英山 (1787-1867), signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu 菊川英山筆
From the series: Eight Views of Tomigaoka, Comparisons of the Customs of Beauties 富ヶ岡八景 美人風俗あはせ
Print title: Autumn Moon at Eitai Temple 永代寺ノ秋月

Publisher: Suzuki Ihei 鈴木伊兵衛
Censor’s seal: kiwame 極

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Period: ca. 1814-16
Condition: fair, some stains and paper thinning, slight wrinkles, partially trimmed margins
Dimensions: 26 x 37,5 cm

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