Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party) / Kikugawa Eizan
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- Accession Number
- 1960/1.138
- Title
- Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party)
- Artist
- Kikugawa Eizan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1787-1867
- Medium and Support
- oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
- Object Creation Date
- mid 1800s - circa 1810
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kanto (region)
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kanto (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signature: Kikugawa Eizan hitsu
- No publisher’s seal mark
- Dimensions
- 55.9 cm x 45.7 cm (22 in. x 18 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- Three courtesans engaged in a drinking game sit in an open veranda in early spring, with cherry blossoms in full bloom behind them. The women appear tipsy, and the one at the right clings to her companion in the middle for support, as she stretches out her left hand to have her cup refilled with saké (rice wine). They have a tray of delicacies shamisen at their feet.
- Subject Matter
- All the senses are aroused by this image of three women engaged in a playful drinking game. The setting is an open veranda in early spring, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. The party scene is complete—except perhaps for the male client who has paid for it all. Male viewers of the print no doubt preferred to imagine themselves in that role. Eizan is from the same group of printmakers as Ichirakutei Eisui, and the elongated faces are typical of their prints.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 897 x 1279
- File Size
- 137 KB
- Record
- 1960/1.138
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"Elegant Fresh Foods (Three Courtesans at a Drinking Party); Kikugawa Eizan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-1.138/1960_1.138.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.