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菊慈童
The Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidô)
菊慈童
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1780s (late Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.5 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4871
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #114; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #111 (diptych); Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. no 146 (diptych), list no. 48; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #s 2206-7
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.