HAND PUPPETS OF DESIRE: LORD INTERVIEWING A TOWN GIRL WHO WISHES TO SERVE AT THE PALACE (Keisai Eisen)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: abuna-e あぶな絵 dangerous pictures

Artist: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848)
From the book: Hand Puppets of Desire 春情指人形, vol. 1 天
Print subject: lord interviewing a town girl who wishes to serve at the palace

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