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Misayama of the Chôjiya in Her Nightclothes (Tokogi no zu), from the series A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô bisen awase)


「青楼美撰合 床着之図 丁子屋 見佐山」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 23 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4930
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #87; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #12.3.2; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 62, list no. 184; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #554
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4930, 21.4931
Signed Eishi giga
栄之戯画
ProvenanceAugust 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.