Kikugawa Eizan (菊川英山) (artist 1787 – 1867)
Yugiri (夕霧) and Izaemon (伊左衛門) hashira-e
ca 1813 – 1815
4 in x 23.875 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Eizan hitsu (英山筆)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Woman's robe with a similar floral motif to that worn by the man in the Lyon Collection
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna - a similar hashira-e by Eizan
Lyon Collection - 1923 print of Yugiri by Shima Seien (島成園) We have dated this print as ca. 1813-1815 based on the floral motif on the man's robe. That stylized pattern appeared only in the mid-1810's. It also appears on prints by Kunisada and Toyokuni I.
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We have added a jpeg of another hashira-e of this couple from a Tamagawa Shūchō (玉川舟調) at the British Museum. Their curatorial files say: "Shucho is a little-known artist. In this print he follows Utamaro's style to show the celebrated Osaka lovers Fujiya Izaemon and the prostitute Yukiri. On her death in 1678 their story was made into a Kabuki play."
pillar print (hashira-e - 柱絵) (genre)