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Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)


「郭中美人競 扇屋内花扇」
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1136
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #101; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #61 (with mica); Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #7.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 373, list no. A6
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1136 (dark background), 21.4953 (light background)
Signed Eishô ga
栄昌画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross