Name: Antique Drawing-JAPAN-WOMAN-BAMBOO-KIMONO-FEAST OF EBISU-Kiyonobu-c. 1900
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Antique Drawing-JAPAN-WOMAN-BAMBOO-KIMONO-FEAST OF EBISU-Kiyonobu-c. 1900

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Jeune femme revenant de la fete d’Ebisu – Original antique drawing after a Japanese print by Torii Kiyonobu (1664 – 1729) ‘Woman carrying bamboo with charms’. A young Japanese woman in traditional clothing during the ‘feast of Ebisu’. Ebisu is the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune and the only one of the seven to originate purely from Japan without any Hindu influence.

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Description

‘Jeune femme revenant de la fete d’Ebisu’

Pen drawing with original hand colouring on vellin paper.
Sheet size: 17 x 27 cm. (6,7 x 10,6 inch). Image size: 11 x 19,3 cm. (4,3 x 7,6 inch).

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Torii Kiyonobu’. Torii Kiyonobu I (1664 – 1729) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting.

Condition: Very good, given age. Attached to carrier paper. Matting included. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JAPAN-WOMAN-BAMBOO-KIMONO-FEAST OF EBISU

RBOS-A2-23