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A courtesan of Yoshiwara and her lover. According to the description, the woman is worring about getting pregnant, but the man is kidding like, "why don't you give a birth to a girl. I would be a first man for her." It is interesting that the professional Yoshiwara courtesan is losing control in the love.
Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. He first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school. He then studied with Suzuki Nanrei (1775-1844), an artist of the Shijō school. He is believed to have also studied with the ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790-1850). He produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women in the 1830s, but then abandoned printmaking in favor of painting.
This artist should not be confused with Harukawa Eizan, a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints who was active in the 1790s.
Folds, repaired holes, lined with Washi paper, slightly worn and soiled.
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