Takigawa of the Ôgiya, at the First Sale of the New Year Celebration in the Parlor (Hatsu-uri zashiki no zu), from the series A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô bisen awase)

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Takigawa of the Ôgiya, at the First Sale of the New Year Celebration in the Parlor (Hatsu-uri zashiki no zu), from the series A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô bisen awase)

「青楼美撰合　初売座敷之図　扇屋　滝川」

Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1793 (Kansei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4929

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #s 48-9; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #88; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #12.2.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 63, list no. 185

Signed Eishi giga
栄之戯画

ProvenanceJune 1917, 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.