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茶屋娘見立雁金五人男
Five Teahouse Waitresses as the Five Men of the Karigane Gang
茶屋娘見立雁金五人男
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.8 x 37.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #55 (this impr.); Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #149; MFA, Golden Age (2010), #123; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #133; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 127, list no. 150
DescriptionThe identities of the women are indicated by the crests on the noren (curtain) above and the patterns on their aprons; each wears the crest of the man she represents on her kimono.
From the right:
Kikumoto Ohan as Kaminari Shôkurô
Tachibanaya Otatsu as Kyokuin Sen'emon
Naniwaya Okita as Karigane Bunshichi
Takashima Ohisa as An no Heibei
Nakamuraya Omoyo (?) as Hotei Ichiemon
From the right:
Kikumoto Ohan as Kaminari Shôkurô
Tachibanaya Otatsu as Kyokuin Sen'emon
Naniwaya Okita as Karigane Bunshichi
Takashima Ohisa as An no Heibei
Nakamuraya Omoyo (?) as Hotei Ichiemon
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)