Bamboo: Takigawa of the Ôgiya, kamuro Onami and Menami, from the series Pine, Bamboo, and Plum in the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô shôchikubai)

「青楼松竹梅　扇屋　たき川　おなみ　めなみ」　竹

Eishôsai Chôki (Japanese, active about 1780–1810)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 19.5 cm (10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession NumberRES.49.116

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series (Pine): TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2145

Signed Chôki ga
長喜画

Marks No censor's seal

Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)