Japanese KEISAI EISEN Ukiyo-e Color Woodblock Print (Vertical Oban), Twilight Snow on Mount Hira settees with shell finials on the

with shell finials on the shaped reflectors backplates supporting a pair of candle arms

The Namboodhiri is the highest caste in Buddhism

These show the Tudor rose pattern surrounding the reflector

founded 1120)

Santilli (Argentine)

Japanese KEISAI EISEN Ukiyo-e Color Woodblock Print (Vertical Oban), Twilight Snow on Mount Hira settees with shell finials on theDETAILS Twilight Snow on Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu): Emon of the Maru Ebiya, No. 8 from the series Eight Views in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara hakkei). This woodblock image of a beautiful courtesan in an elaborate kimono is also in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Eisen specialised in bijin ga (pictures of beautiful women). MAKER Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790 1848) PERIOD Edo (1603 1868) PERIOD Early 19th century DATE Circa 1820 DIMENSIONS