Actor Backstage — Tomioka Eisen, 1906
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork in the public domain. Source image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A glimpse behind the curtain of Japan’s theatrical world at the turn of the 20th century, Actor Backstage captures a performer preparing his face before the mirror. Eisen’s composition balances intimacy and performance — the actor suspended between private ritual and public persona. Fine linework and soft washes evoke the quiet concentration of transformation, while the mirror’s reflection subtly doubles the scene. This edition has been carefully color-balanced from a high-resolution public-domain source and printed to preserve the delicate ink textures and warm paper tone of the original print.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Actor Backstage — Tomioka Eisen, 1906
Archival pigment print
Edition of 25 per size
Printed on Hahnemühle paper
Original artwork in the public domain. Source image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A glimpse behind the curtain of Japan’s theatrical world at the turn of the 20th century, Actor Backstage captures a performer preparing his face before the mirror. Eisen’s composition balances intimacy and performance — the actor suspended between private ritual and public persona. Fine linework and soft washes evoke the quiet concentration of transformation, while the mirror’s reflection subtly doubles the scene. This edition has been carefully color-balanced from a high-resolution public-domain source and printed to preserve the delicate ink textures and warm paper tone of the original print.
After Hours Art Editions publishes limited-edition prints for collectors drawn to mood, intimacy, and the charged space between art and desire.
Each print is produced using museum-grade pigment inks on archival cotton paper, then hand-numbered and signed by the studio.
• Paper: 100% cotton rag, matte finish
• Printing: Archival pigment giclée
• Edition: 25 total, hand-numbered
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Ships unframed
