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Subject:Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: Mark Rowland Sun, Jan 05, 2020 IP: 73.4.67.140

I believe that the attached pictures show a print by Eisen Keisai with a Kiwame censor and Mikawa village. The publisher (?) mark is faint, but it looks like a square with three horizontal bars of uneven length. What has me stumped is the writing and stamps on the back of the print. Does anyone understand these marks and writing?







Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: I.Nagy Sun, Jan 05, 2020

Title (Long cartouche on the left side and six characters beneath that),
小金井の花 - Koganei no hana - Blossom of Koganei
見立名所櫻盡 - Mitate meisho sakura-tsukushi -
From the series "Matches for the Cherry Blossoms at Famous Places"
Signature (Left lower part),
溪斎英泉画 - Keisai Eisen-ga - Painted by Keisai Eisen
Right of that, likely 極 (kiwame) censor's mark
I can't find any publisher mark.

On the back of the print there is an official petition on communal matters written and addressed to the Commissioner (O-bansho-sama) of Town Magistrate (Machi bugyosho), signed and seal affixed by three petitioner. Dated; 4th year of Bunsei (1821)
June

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: manuD Tue, Jan 07, 2020

The publisher seal of the attached print is Sano-ya Kihei, but the seal on your print looks more like that of Sumimaru-ya Jinsuke, second image.

Both publishers issued prints by Eizan





Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: Mark Rowland Tue, Jan 07, 2020

Thank you for you insight into possible publishers. After an on-line search using the helpful information provided by Mr. I. Nagy, I found a symbol on the German Kiefer Auction web site that looks similar (website www.kiefer.de/...; URL shown below).



Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: manuD Wed, Jan 08, 2020

This publisher is Shimizu according to the British Museum and the MAK. He did produce Eizan prints.

Dr. Andreas Marks, in his book on publisher seals, identifies him as Mikawaya Seiemon

dates ca. 1805-1829

Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: Mark Rowland Tue, Jan 07, 2020

Thank you for your prompt, detailed and interesting response. Does this mean that the print was made prior to 1821, since the printmaking process would effect the writing of the official petition on the back? Additionally, is the petition related to the print in any way? I have attached an enlarged picture of what I believe is the faint publisher's seal and sketched it to the left for clarity.



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Subject:Re: Eisen Keisai aizuri-e bijin-ga aiban woodblock
Posted By: I.Nagy Wed, Jan 08, 2020

Dear Mark,
The petition and the print(s) seemed nothing to do to each other. Probably the petitioners didn't have proper unused writing paper at hand, therefore the use of back of the print(s) was unavoidable.
In this case at least two prints were spliced together to write the petition text. Only the end of the petition is on the back of your print, so the content of it cannot be understood from the remaining fragmented text.
One thing is sure, that the print was made prior to 18821.

With regards,
I.Nagy


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