Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyô)

「雛形若菜の初模様　松葉屋内　染之介」

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5), spring

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8214

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 226, #I-A-7; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), fig. 53

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14616, 21.8214

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.