LOT 1273 BIJIN\', AFTER CHOBUNSAI EISHIN (1756-1829)
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Description BIJIN', AFTER CHOBUNSAI EISHIN (1756-1829)Japan, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Watercolor, Gofun (shell paste), gold color, and ink on paper. Depicting a bijin (beautiful woman) dressed in an elegant kimono with kiku and sakura (chrysanthemum and cherry blossoms) motif, her sleeves with a go-shichi kiri (5-7-5 paulownia) mon, the hair styled in a kamome'zuto (chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers). Inscribed and signed with seal. Mounted as a hanging scroll on fabric coated paper, and with red lacquered handles.Inscriptions: Lower left inscribed 'Chobunsai Eishin', one seal.Condition: Very good condition, minor creasing, few small stains, the color very crisp.Provenance: Dutch collection.Dimensions: Image size 85.7 x 29.4 cm, size incl. mounting 164.5 x 33.2 cmChobunsai Eishi (1756-1826) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and pupil of Kano Eisen'in Michinobu. Born as the first son of direct vassal of the Shogunate, a well-off samurai family that was part of the Fujiwara clan. Eishi later left his employ with the Shogun Ieharu to pursue art. His early works were prints, mostly Bijin-ga portraits of tall, thin, graceful beauties in the original style established by himself akin to Kiyonaga and Utamaro. He established his own school and was a rival to Utamaro. Eishi was a prolific painter, and from 1801 gave up print designing to devote himself to painting.Auction result comparison:Compare a painting by Chobunsai Eishin, size 92.4 x 31.1 cm, sold at Christie's in Japanese & Korean Art Including Arts of the Meiji Period on 15 September 2010, lot 532, forUSD 22,500.
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