EISEN KEISAI 渓斎英泉 (1790–1848)

(The Third Month, Cherry Blossoms in Naka-no-chô) Series: Shin Yoshiwara nenjû gyôji (Annual Events in the New Yoshiwara) Signature: Keisei Eisen ga Publisher: Daikokuya Censor’s seal and seal of date: kiwame, late 1820s–early 1830s Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, lower margin slightly trimmed, thin album backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,7 x 24,5 cm)

(Magome Station: Distant View from the Pass) Series The [Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaidô, this No. 44 Signature: Eisen ga Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) Date: about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9) Condition:excellent impression, vibrant colors, restored center fold, margins slightly trimmed Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (23,4 x 35 cm)

On upper right: Return of the sailing boats to San'yabori (San'yabori no kihan) Series: Shin Yoshiwara hakkei (Eight views of the New Yoshiwara) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) Censor's seal and date: kiwame, 1821/22 Condition: excellent impression stunning colors, tiny restored binding hole close to left margin. Slightly trimmed at right margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,6 x 24,4 cm)

Series: Edo Meisho hakkei (Eight Sights in Edo) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Censor's Seal: Kiwame Publisher's Seal: Sôshûya Yohei Date: 1818 - 30 Condition: Colors distinct, Paper partly not clean Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: horizontal Ôban (26,3 x 38 cm)

(Picture of a Procession of Women across the Ryogoku Capital City Bridge) A mitate-e as a Daimyo Procession: in front to Women are carrying Travel Boxes, followed by Standard-bearers and Women with the Bodyguard Symbols. At the Center it shows the Kago (carried Litter) with a highly aristocratic Lady protected by an Umbrella. Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Soshuya Yohei Cencor’s Seal: Kiwame Date: 1820/30er, before 1842 Condition: very good impression, colors slightly faded, thin backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban Triptych (each sheet about 38,7 x 25,2 cm)

Series: Edo Hakkei (Eight views of Edo) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyudo) Censor's seal: Watari (1843-47) Date: c. 1850 Condition: very good impression and colors, some soiling and small creases at margins, few tiny wormholes Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (25,8 x 37,2 cm)

(The Syllable 'I,' Tatsunokuchi: Oi of Sugataebi-ya) Series: Keisei Edo hokaku (Courtesans for Compass Points in Edo) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga, Publisher: Tama of Moritaya Hanzo Censor's seal and date: kiwame, ca. 1829 Condition: very good impression, colors slightly faded, paper slightly toned, small restorations on upper corners, tiny pin holes at corners Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (36 x 25,2 cm)

Series: Tôsei gonin onna (Modern Versions of the Five Women), No. 3 Signature: Keisei Eisen ga Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) Censor’s seal and seal of date: kiwame, around 1835 Condition: very good impression, fair colors, some soiling, faint stain at upper left corner Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (38,3 x 25,8 cm)

Series: Shin Yoshiwara hakkei (Eight views of the New Yoshiwara) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) Censor's seal and date: kiwame, 1821/22 Condition: excellent impression stunning colors, minor restorations on edges Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,6 x 24,4 cm)

Signature: Keisei Eisen ga Date: c 1840 Condition: very good impression, vibrant colors, slight soiling, margins slightly trimmed, slight rubbing at lower right corner Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size 34,2 x 23 cm

Signture: Keisai Eisen ga Date: ca. 1830 Condition: fair impression, slightly faded, small wavy wormhole in the lower part, pinhole lower left Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Vertical Oban Diptych (c 71,8 x 25,7 cm)

Series: Keisei dōchū sugoroku – mitate Yoshiwara gojusan tsui (A Tokaido-boardgame with curtisans – 53 allegories of Yoshiwara) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher’s seal: Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō) Censor’s seal: Kiwame Date: 1821-23 Condition: very good impression and vibrant colors, backing Original Japanese Woodblock print, Size Ōban (37x25,4cm)

Series: Imayô en’yô kagami (Mirror of elegant figures in contemporary appearance) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) Cencor’s Seal and Seal of Date: kiwame, 1815-1842 Condition: good impression, vibrant colors, small thinned area Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (ca 35,8 x 24 cm)

Date: around 1830 Condition: very good impression, colors slightly faded, small missing bits along lower margin, small hole, slight soiling Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (25 x 37,8 cm)

(Picture of a Procession of Women across the Ryōgoku Capital City Bridge) A mitate-e as a Daimyō Procession: in front to Women are carrying Travel Boxes, followed by Standard-bearers and Women with the Bodyguard Symbols. At the Center it shows the Kago (carried Litter) with a highly aristocratic Lady protected by an Umbrella. Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Sōshūya Yohei Cencor’s Seal: Kiwame Date: 1820/30er, before 1842 Condition: good impression, beautiful colors, full margins, tiny wormholes, light album backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban Triptych (each sheet about 38 x 26,1 cm)

Signature: Keisai Eisen hitsu Publisher: Maruya Bunemon Censor's Seal: Kiwame Seal not identified Date: around 1810 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (38,7 x 25,7 cm)

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Serie: Ukiyo sugata bijin awase (Selection of Modern Beauties of the Floating World) Publisher: Sen-Sa Date: early 1820ies Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (34,8 x 22,6 cm)

Series: Tôsei kodakara jikkei (Ten Views of Precious Children of the Present Day) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei Censor's Seal and Date: kiwame, about 1830-40 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (38 x 26 cm)

Series: untitled series of at least twenty-two prints, possibly by different artists, with portraits of bijin in different occupations. Signature: unsigned as all prints in the series Date: c. 1820-25 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 19 x 12.5 cm

Series: untitled series of at least twenty-two prints, possibly by different artists, with portraits of bijin in different occupations. Signature: unsigned as all prints in the series Date: c. 1820-25 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 19 x 12.5 cm

Signature: Eisen hitsu Date: no Cencor’s Seal, Edo Period Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36 x 23,5 cm)

Series: Seirô shichikenjin (Seven Houses in the Pleasure Quarters) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) Cencor’s Seal and Date: kiwame, 1825/30 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Ôban

Series: Edo (Tôto) meibutsu zukushi (Specialities of the Eastern Capital) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi Censor’s Seal and Date: kiwame, 1818 – 1825 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Ôban (38,8 x 26,1 cm)

Series: Yoshiwara Hakkei (Eight Views of the Yoshiwara), No. 5 Karasaki ya'ru (Night rain at Karasaki) Signature: Keisai Eisen Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô Censor's Seal: Kiwame Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Ôban

The Wife's Habit of Wanting to Wear Something as Soon as She Looks at It Series: Forty-eight Mannerisms in the Floating World (Ukiyo yonjûhachi kuse) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Ôtaya Sakichi Censor's seal: kiwame Date: 1820s Original Japanese Woodblock Print, size Ôban

no Signatur, no Publisher’s Seal (common practice with shunga) Date: ca. 1825 Also part of the collection of the AGGV Collection (Art Gallery Greater Victoriy), Object number 1988.019.001 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: horizontal Ôban (25,6 x 38 cm)

Series: Edo Shokei Yuki-zukushi (Beautiful Snowcovered Landscapes in Edo) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher's Seal: Imariya Ushizo Censors’s Seal: Kiwame Date ca. 1825 Condition: Beautiful colors, worm holes restored Original Japanese woodblock print, Size: Ôban (39,2 x 26,2 cm)

(Ansicht der Prozession der jungen Mädchen zur Kirschblütenschau beim Sumidagawa-Fluss) Signature: Keisai Eisen ga Publisher: Soshuya Yohe Date ca. 1820 Left part of an Ôban-Triptych Original Japanese woodblock print, Size: Ôban

Series: Tosei Kobutsu Hakkei (Eight Favorite Things in the Modern World) Signatur: Keisai Eisen ga, Date ca. 1830 Lit.: Pic. 108, catalog „Keisai Eisen ten“ 1983,Ota Memorial Museum, Tokyo Original Japanese woodblock print, Size: Ôban

Series: Ukiyo Shijuhachi-kuse nihen (Fourty-Eight Habits of Everyday Life, Vol. 2) Signatur: Keisai Eisen ga; Publisher’s Seal: Oda-ys Sakichi; Censors’s Seal: Kiwame Date: published ca.1830 Original Japanese woodblock print, Size: Ôban