KEISAI EISEN ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT, CRANE HOUSE COURTESAN, LOVELY, OLD FRAME

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KEISAI EISEN ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT, CRANE HOUSE COURTESAN, LOVELY, OLD FRAME :
$65.00

ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT

ILLUSTRIOUS JAPANESE ARTIST

KEISAI EISEN

1790-1848

A FAMOUS COURTESAN OF THE CRANE HOUSE

20 3/4\" X 15 3/4\"

LOVELY PORTRAIT DONE INSOFT BLUE/GREYS IN HER GORGEOUS FLOWING KIMONO

AND ELABORATE HAIR WITH COMBS, COMING FROM BEHIND A SOJI SCREEN.

THE CRANE HOUSE BANNER HANGS ON THE WALL. THERE IS WOODGRAINING ON THE

SOJI PANEL, AND WALLPAPER DENOTED AS WELL. A WHIMSICAL NOTE IS HER

BARE FOOT SEEKING HER GETA, WITH THE OTHER ONE UPSIDE DOWN NEXT TO IT.

ALSO THE SHY HAND GESTURE COVERING HER SMILE.

THIS IS DONE ON HANDMADE PAPER , AND THERE ARE THE USUAL COLOR VARIATIONS.

THERE IS ARE AREAS THAT LOOK TO BE WATER STAINING, SEE PHOTOS #1, #3,#7, AND #09..

IT IS VERY SOFT AND DIFFICULTTO DISTINGUISH FACE ON. THE OVERALL LOOK OF THE PRINT IS BEAUTIFUL.

I CAN DETECT NO OTHER PAPER DAMAGE. THERE ARE EITHER MINOR INK LOSSES AROUND SOME

OF THE EDGES, OR THE INK DID NOT ADHERE WELL TO THE WOOD BLOCK IN THOSE AREAS

THIS IS COMMON IN WOODBLOCK PRINTS

IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE INK \"RAN\" A BIT ON THE LINE OF THE KIMONO NEAR THERIGHT FOOT.

SEE PHOTO #8.

THERE AREPAPER TEARS TO THE BACK OF THE FRAME, AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT

TOP FRONTOF THE FRAME ( THIS FRAME IS ELDERLY). THE ORIGINAL HANGING WIRE HAS COME LOOSE.

ALL CAN BE SEEN INTHE PHOTOS.

PLEASE VIEW ALL OF THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY AS THEY ARE A PART OF THEDESCRIPTION

BUT DO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS, OR TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL PICTURES.

THANKS FOR LOOKING !!