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Suma, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fûryû yatsushi Genji)


「風流やつし源氏 すま」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.2 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4884
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #59; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #39; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #82.4; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 150, list no. 52
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych or diptych.

MFA impressions:
Left sheet: *06.1237 (partial; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.14075, 21.4884
Right sheet: 11.14071
Signed Eishi ga
栄之画
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#363); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.