Courtisanes kijkend naar bonsai boom, Kikugawa Eizan, in or after c. 1800 - in or before 1842

Title(s)

Courtisanes kijkend naar bonsai boom
De twaalf uren in de lusthuizen (series title)
Seiro juni toki (series title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2008-251

Description

Twee courtisanes; één staand, de ander door schuifraam leunend, kijkend naar bonsai boompje in pot.

Artist

• print maker: Kikugawa Eizan (mentioned on object)

Place

Japan

Dating

in or after c. 1800 - in or before 1842

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut

Measurements

height 382 mm × width 267 mm

What

• topiary work (shrubs and trees trimmed and trained into ornamental shape); bonsai, espalliered, etc.
• courtesan, hetaera

Credit line

• H.C. Bos Bequest, Rotterdam

Acquisition

bequest 2008

Copyright

Public domain