• Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
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Kikugawa Eizan (菊川英山) (artist 1787 – 1867)

Two oiran, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series Seirō bijin awase (青楼美人合)

Print

ca 1812 – 1813
10 in x 14.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Eizan hitsu (英山筆)
Artist's seal in read
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marks 294 - seal 08-088)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum - another print from this series Notice the green lower lip on the courtesan at the top painted with the very expensive lip gloss, sasabeni (笹紅) - a fashion statement - and the blackened area at the mouths of both of these women meant to portray their blackened teeth - another fashion statement.

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The round red seal below the artist's signature appears on a few other prints from this time, but it is fairly rare and doesn't show up often.

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There is another copy of this print in the Ōta Memorial Museum of Art. It was shown at the exhibition of the 150th anniversary of the artist's death.
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
Maruya Jinpachi (丸屋甚八) (publisher)