Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow, Keisai Eisen, 1824

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Rejected Geisha from Passions Cooled by Springtime Snow, Edo period (1615–1868), 1824, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 7 in. ( cm); W. 5 in. ( cm), Prints, Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848), One of the most eccentric ukiyo-e artists, Eisen was frequently found drunk in brothels, and in his later years actually became the owner of one himself. His coquette is a far cry from the lovely aristocratic beauty portrayed some three decades earlier by Utamaro

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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