Mitsuhama of the Hyōgoya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchū bijin kurabe)

「郭中美人競　兵庫屋三ッ浜」

Chōkōsai Eishō (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chūemon (Chūsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 23.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1135

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #5.6

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1135, 21.4955

Signed Chōkōsai Eishū ga
鳥高斎栄昌画

Marks No censor's seal

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross