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Asazuma of the Echizen-ya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)


「郭中美人競 越前屋内浅妻」
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25 cm (15 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4951
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 214; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #10.2; Ukiyo-e taikei 6 (1975), #228
Signed Eishô zu
栄昌図
Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
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.