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Courtesans of the Chôjiya, from right: Itsuhata, kamuro Sakura and Kichiji; Senzan, kamuro Isoji and Yasoji; Misayama, kamuro Chidori and Midori; Itotaki, kamuro Metaki and Takano; Oribae, kamuro Hamaji and Hamano


丁子屋三枚続 「いつはた さくら きちじ  千山 いそじ やそじ  見さ山 ちとり みどり 糸滝 めたき たかの  折はえ はまじ はなの」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792 (Kansei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4851
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #136; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #121
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.24884, 21.4851
Probably one sheet of an incomplete triptych.
Possibly another sheet of the same triptych: 11.14049.
Signed Eishi ga
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.