HAND PUPPETS OF DESIRE: COURTESAN SPENDING HER FREE TIME RELAXING WITH A REGULAR CUSTOMER (Keisai Eisen)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: abuna-e あぶな絵 dangerous pictures

Artist: Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848)
From the book: Hand Puppets of Desire 春情指人形, vol. 2 地
Print subject: courtesan spending her free time relaxing with a regular customer

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: ca. 1838
Condition: overall good, wormholes in the lower corners, tiny holes
Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm

SOLD