Posted By: Guy Pepermans
Posted Date: Oct 28, 2009 (03:36 PM)
David,
I found another copy of the Eisen surimono in the MFA Boston collection. This copy shows similarities with the 'Copy A' version in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin that are not present in your print, so I tend to catalogue the MFA Boston print as a 1890s deluxe recut.
Please compare carefully the details of the fan (absence of ribs and mica in the MFA copy) and the execution of the kanji in the signature 'Keisai' - you will also notice slight differences in the callipraphy, the colour scheme, the costume, the sky and so on. But again, I leave it to the professionals to determine if your print is an original.
Guy.
Link :Eisen surimono - MFA copy
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- David Viner - Oct 29, 2009 (12:58 PM)