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「都八重之錦」 上野不忍池
Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, from the series Eight Layers of Brocade in the Capital (Miyako yae no nishiki)
「都八重之錦」 上野不忍池
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.685
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), chûban #12; the series: Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #174 (this design not mentioned); another print in the series: Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #314
DescriptionMost of the series title has been torn off of this impression.
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross