Fashionable Ken Game with an Alluring Village Headman (Fûryû en shôya ken)

「風流艶庄屋拳」

Eishôsai Chôki (Japanese, active about 1780–1810)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession Number56.73

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe Village Headman (shôya) is one of the three possible roles in the game of ken, here played by two attractive young women.

Signed Chôki ga
長喜画