SHIKIMARO Kitagawa. (fl.1810)
Ôi of the Ebiya. 3/1813
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Series
- Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style. (Imayô onna kasen, sanjûrokuban tsuzuki.)
- Publisher
- Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô).
ôban tate-e, 26.0 cm × 38.0 cm
Very good impression, colour and condition.
The courtesan Oi of the Ebiya smokes a pipe while admiring her reflection in a mirror. Her magnificent outer kimono is decorated with the fan emblem of the house of Ebiya. The box to the left shows her calligraphy, and the names of her two kamuro (child apprentice), Miyako and Sakuro.
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