EISEN: double oban, kakemono-e (71.4 x 24.6cm.); traveller in the moonlight (Gekka ryojin), signed Keisai, sealed Eisen ga in, and the publisher's seal Eikyudo Yamamoto han, Iwajiro to "published by Yamamoto of the Eikyudo [Yamamotoya Heikichi] and engraved by Iwajiro"--very good impression, slightly faded and toned, slightly soiled along edges, slight damage on lower edge, some pin holes in places

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EISEN: double oban, kakemono-e (71.4 x 24.6cm.); traveller in the moonlight (Gekka ryojin), signed Keisai, sealed Eisen ga in, and the publisher's seal Eikyudo Yamamoto han, Iwajiro to "published by Yamamoto of the Eikyudo [Yamamotoya Heikichi] and engraved by Iwajiro"--very good impression, slightly faded and toned, slightly soiled along edges, slight damage on lower edge, some pin holes in places

Lot Essay

'Traveller in the moonlight' is one of two great landscapes designed by Eisen in the kakemono-e format. The other is 'Mountain in snow' (Sekkei sansui). Another impression in the Matsukata Collection, in the Tokyo National Museum, is a registered Important Art Object.

For other impression see: Vignier and Inada, Utamaro... Hiroshige-Estampes Japonaises...Et Exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs en Janvier 1912 (Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1973), pl. XLVI, no. 163; Ukiyo-e prints, vol. 2, Illustrated catalogues of Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo: Tokyo bijutsu, 1974), no. 2493; Tokubetsuten Ukiyo-e (Special exhibition ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1984), pl. 565, registered Important Art Object; Matthi Forrer, Japanese Prints, Volume I, The Baur Collection, Geneva (Geneva: Collection Baur, 1994), pl. G169