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Peony: Woman in a Black Gauze Hood, from an untitled series of beauties compared to flowers


美人花見立 牡丹
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.3 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4945
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #96; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #24.1; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #364; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 398, list no. A60; Ukiyo-e taikei 6 (1975), #51
Signed Eishô zu
栄昌図
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.