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Ohane and Ofuku, from the series Selected Geisha of the Yoshiwara (Seirô geisha sen)


「青楼藝者撰 おはね おふく」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 24.8 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1134
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #84; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #213; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #69; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #s 323-5; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 179, list no. 206-208
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1134, 21.4934

Center sheeet of incomplete triptych.
Signed Eishi ga
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross