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)

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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; 38.9 x 24.7 cm (15 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4931

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #87; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #12.3.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 61, list no. 184; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #554

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4930, 21.4931

Signed Eishi giga
栄之戯画

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.