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Courtesans of the Matsubaya, a Triptych (Matsubaya sanmai tsuzuki), from right: Utagawa, kamuro Tamiji and Chidori; Matsuyama, kamuro Futaba and Midori; Wakana, kamuro Nenohi and Komatsu; Seyama, kamuro Iroka and Yukari; Kisegawa, kamuro Takeno and Sasano


「歌川、たみじ、ちとり  松山、ふたば、みどり 若那、ねのひ、こまつ 瀬山、いろか、ゆかり 喜瀬川、たけの、ささの」  「松葉屋三枚続」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792 (Kansei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 25.5 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4852
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #137; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #126; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 176, list no. 167 (another sheet, with one sheet from an Ôgiya triptych)
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed Eishi ga
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#345); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.