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Good and Evil Influences in the Yoshiwara


吉原の善玉悪玉
Eishôsai Chôki (Japanese, active about 1780–1810)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.4 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4786
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 191, #66; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 161-3; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2139 (left sheet only)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.14824 (left sheet only), 11.14830 (right sheet only), 21.4786 (center sheet only), 21.7541-3 (complete triptych)
Signed Chôki ga
長喜画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.