Ôtomo no Kuronushi, from the series The Six Poetic Immortals in Fashionable Guise, No. 2 (Fûryû yatsushi Rokkasen, sono ni)

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Ôtomo no Kuronushi, from the series The Six Poetic Immortals in Fashionable Guise, No. 2 (Fûryû yatsushi Rokkasen, sono ni)

「風流略六哥仙　其二　大伴黒主」

Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1793 (Kansei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26.6 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4922

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #200; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #32.6; the series: Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), figs. 41-4, list nos. 153-8 (this design not listed)

Signed Eishi zu
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
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.