Japanese KEISAI EISEN Ukiyo-e Color Woodblock Print (Vertical Oban), Twilight Snow on Mount Hira settees (Similar chair illustrated): Axel Steenberg

(Similar chair illustrated): Axel Steenberg

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Japanese KEISAI EISEN Ukiyo-e Color Woodblock Print (Vertical Oban), Twilight Snow on Mount Hira settees (Similar chair illustrated): Axel SteenbergDETAILS Twilight Snow on Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu): Emon of the Maru Ebiya, No. 8 from the series Eight Views in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara hakkei). This woodblock image of a beautiful courtesan in an elaborate kimono is also in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Eisen specialised in bijin ga (pictures of beautiful women). MAKER Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790 1848) PERIOD Edo (1603 1868) PERIOD Early 19th century DATE Circa 1820 DIMENSIONS