Information
Date : 1815 - 42
Size : Ai-ban
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Restored small wormholes /
Slight browning / Slight creasing
This artwork is one of the series of the combination of elegant women and famous places.
The lady is wearing kimono in the trendy style of the era. The background is the depiction of the Kaisan-Do temple which belongs to Kan'ei-Ji temple in Ueno.
Eizan had learned the painting technique by his father, and later learned from Suzuki Nanrei. He also studied the techniques of Hokusai school by Hokkei who is Eizan's childhood friend. His name had became known as an Up-and-coming Ukiyo-e artist after Utamaro died suddenly. The depicted beautiful women created an atmosphere including the kind of impermanent beauty, and these artworks had led the new wave of the period.