EISHO: oban tate-e (38.7 x 25.9 cm.); an okubi-e portrait of the courtesan Shizuka of the Shizutamaya holding a pipe and touching one hand to her hairpin, from the series Kakuchu bijin kurabe "A competition of beauties from the licensed quarters", signed Eisho ga and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke, dark grey mica ground- good impression, color faded, mica ground creased and rubbed, stained and toned overall