Returning Sails at Suma (Suma kihan), from the series Eight Views of Genji in the Floating World (Ukiyo Genji hakkei)

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Returning Sails at Suma (Suma kihan), from the series Eight Views of Genji in the Floating World (Ukiyo Genji hakkei)

「浮世源氏八景　須磨帰帆」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 24.7 cm (14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4938

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #230; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #2.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. 297 (no photo); the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G013 (no photo)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4938, 34.335

Forms a diptych with 21.4937, 34.334

Signed Eishi zu
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#42); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.