Ichikawa of the Matsubaya, from the series Women of Seven Houses (Shichikenjin), pun on Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

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Ichikawa of the Matsubaya, from the series Women of Seven Houses (Shichikenjin), pun on Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

「七軒人　松葉屋　市川」

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1806–08 (Bunka 3–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.1 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.101

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #33.7 (no photo); other prints in the series: cat. nos. 21-25

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17751, 20.101

Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)