• Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (<i>Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi</i> - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
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Kikugawa Eizan (菊川英山) (artist 1787 – 1867)

Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi - 英山 花あやめ五人揃)

Print

07/1811
10 in x 14.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Eizan hitsu (英山筆)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei
(Marks 180 - seal 25-365)
Gyōji censor's seal: Iga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Oriental Art, Venice (via Ritsumeikan University) The woman seated higher up on the stairs is an oiran who is probably identified in the title cartouche in the upper right.

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There is another copy of this print in the Worcester Art Museum.
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
Izumiya Ichibei (和泉屋市兵衛) (publisher)