Hinazuru of the Chôjiya, from the series Courtesans as the Three Gods of Poetry (Yûkun waka sanjin)

「遊君和歌三神　丁子屋雛鶴」

Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

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

Dimensions Vertical aiban; 31.5 x 21.4 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession NumberRES.49.119

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #27.3; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 395, list no. A35

Signed Eishô ga
栄昌画

Marks No censor's seal

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