The Incense Smoke
Artist
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Dateabout 1820
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions35.6 x 23.8 cm (14 x 9 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.541
DescriptionSeated in a room beside a tall stand upon which incense is urning in a koro, for which smoke curls upward, a young man turns to look up at it. His blac haori has been thron off and lies on the floor beside him. A long, partially rolled-up letter lies acros his lap. He holds a pipe in his hand and before him is a large, ornamental tabako-banOn View
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