Description KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787-1867): A TWO-PART COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT KAKEMONO OF A BEAUTYJapan, 19th century. The two-part color woodblock print comes with a finely woven and embroidered silk brocade frame and is mounted as a hanging scroll with stag antler handles. Depicting a beauty wearing voluminous robes decorated with diapered designs, artist signature 'Eizan hitsu' to the lower right. With a fitted wooden storage box bearing a label with inscriptions.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, minimal browning and staining.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Dimensions: Image size 73 x 24.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 159 x 43 cmLiterature comparison: For a related kakemono-e of the same artist see The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Accession Number 14.85.Auction result comparison: Compare a related kakemono of a Geisha by Kikugawa Eizan at Lempertz, Germany, in ASIATISCHE KUNST on 8 June 2022, lot 572,sold for 2.500 EUR.Kikugawa Eizan (1787–1867) was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. He is believed to have also studied with the ukiyo-e artist Totoya Hokkei (1790–1850) and produced numerous woodblock prints of beautiful women (bijin-ga) in the 1830s.