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Kikugawa EIZAN (1787 - 1867) |
From: Furyu shugi san bijin ('Elegant depiction of three women entertaining themselves during a banquet') |
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Signed: Eizan hitsu, with seal: kikudama-in Publisher: Yamada-ya Shojiro Censor's seal: kiwame ('examined') Date seal: inu hachi ('Year of the Dog, Eighth Month' = 1814) Size: oban tate-e (39 x 26. 5 cms / 15 3/8" x 10 1/2") Condition: Very fine impression, fresh, brilliant colors; fine condition. Printed on heavy deluxe paper. - Extremely rare in such fine quality! FIRST EDITION of the first state. For further details, pls. read below*. ref. no.: # 591778 Price: € 3,500.00 |
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During a banquet. A geisha in a yellow kimono is sitting in a large room, playing a finger game (ken), imitating
the pose of a fox. In the background, two more geishas are seen, - one performing a dance -, as silhouettes on the shoji
(sliding wall panels made of paper). This is the center panel of a triptych, but it stands very well on its own. Complete
triptychs of this first state are extremely rare.
* This impression is from the first state of the design which is signed: Eizan hitsu, accompanied by the seal: kikudama-in. It carries the censor's and the date seals (kiwame and inu hachi). - (Ten years after, in 1824, a variant edition was published showing the following variations: the print is signed: Kikugawa Eizan hitsu; instead of the date seal (as in our first state) it now carries a publisher's seal. Parts of the design were also changed, and a new title was given: Furyu kitsune ken ('Elegant depiction of the fox finger game')). Reference: - Eiko Kondo, 'Il mondo di Eizan', Rome, 1989; cat. no. 74. - An impression from the later edition of the print is shown in the same catalog as no. 74a. - 'Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections', vol. XI, Museo d'Arte Orientale di Genova; Tokyo, 1988, no. 39. |
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