Illustrations of All Secret Countries (Ban inkoku no zu)

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Illustrations of All Secret Countries (Ban inkoku no zu)

ca. 1823–1826

Keisai Eisen

Not on view

This rare print depicts fanciful scenes of foreign lands. The artist utilized a Dutch engraving of the Colossus of Rhodes, on of seven wonders of the ancient world as his model for the centrl figure in the composition. Sexual imagery was accepted and common subject matter in Japanese art of the period.

Attributed tos
Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Title
Illustrations of All Secret Countries (Ban inkoku no zu)
Date
ca. 1823–1826
Object Type
Print
Medium
color woodcut double oban surimono
Dimensions
Image: 389 x 516 mm (15 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.) two sheets
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1996.144

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