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Geisha and Assistant

Geisha and Assistant

芸妓と仲居

Chôkyôsai Eiri (Japanese, active about 1781–1818)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 61.4 x 11.7 cm (24 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9007

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #913

Signed Eiri ga
栄里画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.