Eisen | Geisha Drinking Sake
溪齋英泉 Keisai Eisen（1790-1848）
浮世风俗美女竞 看花复饮酒 醉卧落花茵
Geisha Drinking Sake
1823-24
木版画 | 纵绘大判 | 37cm x 25.4cm
Woodblock-print | Oban-tate-e | 37cm x 25.4cm
非常早期的印刷；颜色鲜艳；上方边缘处有轻微磨损
Strong color and crisp printing; minor wear to edges of sheet
$3,200
作为一名高产的浮世绘画家，英泉的一生至少创作过1700张锦绘作品，而在这些作品里，美人画就占了七成以上；其中，更是有近半数的主题为游女。这一切，都与英泉常混迹于吉原游廓、承接宣传商单密不可分。英泉笔下的美人，大多是带着风尘气息，充满复杂情绪的形象：背部如野猫般拱起，下唇格外丰满，甚至略显“地包天”的充满肉欲。这些美人极好地表现了江户后期文化至文政时代（约1804—1831年）的时代趣味，即一种带着微微苦涩而颓废的审美。本作中的姑娘具有上述英泉美人画的一切特点，玳瑁栉簪发间插，举杯邀酒眼如丝，望之印象深刻。在左上角的画框中，除有两方钤印外，还有着一句或为日本文人仿写的五言汉诗：看花复饮酒，醉卧落花茵。语言浅显平实，韵味绵长，对于熟悉汉字的我们来说理解起来并非难事。诗书画印，本是独属于中国画的风雅意趣。本作将其日本式的简化后，又再添上了一层风俗气，也不失为一种有趣的解构。
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Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)
Keisai Eisen was born in Edo into the Ikeda family, the son of a noted calligrapher. He was apprenticed to Kanō Hakkeisai, from whom he took the name Keisai, and after the death of his father he studied under Kikugawa Eizan. His initial works reflected the influence of his mentor, but he soon developed his own style.
He produced a number of surimono (prints that were privately issued), erotic prints, and landscapes, including The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō, which he started and which was completed by Hiroshige. Eisen is most renowned for his bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) which portrayed the subjects as more worldly than those depicted by earlier artists, replacing their grace and elegance with a less studied sensuality. He produced many portraits and full-length studies depicting the fashions of the time.