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Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)


「郭中美人競 角玉や内 小紫」
Eiu (Japanese, active mid-1790s)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.8 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4956
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eiu list, #1.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. D20
Signed Eiu ga
栄烏画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceMay 9, 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Frederic May sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.