EISEN: kakuban surimono (21.4 x 18.7 cm. ea. approx.); two prints from a set of six entitled Yamashiro meisho meibutsu "Noted products and famous places in Yamashiro province", each a half-length portrait of a woman, one balancing implements for fulling cloth on her head, below two poems by Shunjoen Mitsune and Rikaen Harumori, and a woman at a writing table about to inscribe a poem slip, two poems by Bugakuro Harukaze and Kankikoen Gagakuo, signed Keisai and with two seals Eisen--good impressions, slightly faded, light stains, first also with water stain and crease along right edge, brass and silver dust embellishments (2)

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EISEN: kakuban surimono (21.4 x 18.7 cm. ea. approx.); two prints from a set of six entitled Yamashiro meisho meibutsu "Noted products and famous places in Yamashiro province", each a half-length portrait of a woman, one balancing implements for fulling cloth on her head, below two poems by Shunjoen Mitsune and Rikaen Harumori, and a woman at a writing table about to inscribe a poem slip, two poems by Bugakuro Harukaze and Kankikoen Gagakuo, signed Keisai and with two seals Eisen--good impressions, slightly faded, light stains, first also with water stain and crease along right edge, brass and silver dust embellishments (2)

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From the Collection of the late Werner Schindler

Lot Essay

The court lady in the second print carries a tray with tanzaku paper for inscribing poetry. The "Noted attraction" here is the miyabito, literally "person of the palace," as mentioned in both poems.