Shizuka of the Shizutamaya, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin Rokkasen)

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Shizuka of the Shizutamaya, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin Rokkasen)

「青楼美人六花仙　静玉屋志津加」

Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

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

Dimensions Vertical ōban; 37.5 x 24.1 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number53.21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chōbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #28; Someya, Chōbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #193; Ukiyo-e shūka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #14.5; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #336; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 51, list no. 172

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4917, 53.21

Signed Eishi zu
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceJanuary 8, 1953 gift to the Museum by W. G. Russell Allen.