Please, help to identify this artwork. Regarding the signature, seems to be Eizan Kikugawa’s artwork. However, I cannot find it anywhere in the public internet, catalogs or auctions, and even image searches give up. That’s why I doubt it’s his original work. Imitation, possibly?
This one is from a private collection and is a subject for restoration and conservation by a student, so any proofs, explanations and relative links, identifying it, are vital for the documentation and would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
Print by Eizan of a courtesan of the Tamaya house (玉屋内). The beginning of the name is Misa (みさ), I can't read the last character (the name is not Misayama). The title of the print is 風流三美人 Three fashionable/modern beauties, so one expects two other prints in the series or a triptych. Interestingly, Eizan produced another triptych with the same title, see collections.mfa.org/objects/526918. The publisher is Yamaguchiya Tōbei. There is a round kiwame seal.
It must be the courtesan Misao (みさを).
See also the rendering in kana of 'misao' (chastity; fidelity; honour; honor; faith) in the series title Fūryū misao kurabe (風流みさをくらべ), designed by Eizan.
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/RV-1353-1690/portal/
Thank you Guy, it is indeed Misao. I found a similar way of writing を by Chikanobu (waseda 100-5737). I was looking for a kanji with 戈