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Japanese Print by HIREZAKI EIHO by Hirezaki Eiho — Japanese Woodblock print

Japanese Print by HIREZAKI EIHO

by Hirezaki Eiho

Medium:
Woodblock print
Source:
Hara Shobō
Image courtesy of
Hara Shobō

Description

A bijin-ga print whose generic cataloguing title reflects uncertainty about the original series title or subject classification, a common situation with Eiho's output given the volume and variety of his publishing work across multiple decades. The print likely depicts a woman in kimono in an interior or garden setting, executed through the multi-block color printing process standard at the Watanabe workshop. Eiho's characteristic treatment — figures poised in mid-gesture, expressions suggesting interior life, costumes rendered with attention to pattern and textile weight — would be identifiable regardless of specific title. The artist's seal and publisher's cartouche on the margin remain the primary tools for dating and series attribution.

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Japanese Print by HIREZAKI EIHO was created by Hirezaki Eiho (鰭崎英朋).