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Ei of Nakamori-ken as Lady Huayang (Kayô Fujin), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)


「島之内ねりもの 華陽夫人 中森軒 ゑい」
Ryûsai Shigeharu (Japanese, 1803–1853)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.2 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.824.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Keyes 1973, #338a-d, pl. 54
DescriptionForms a diptych with 06.824.5.

MFA impressions: 06.824.2 (R), 06.824.5 (L), 11.36298a-b (complete diptych), *11.38818 (R; deaccessioned in 2019), *11.38820a-b (complete diptych; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.38822 (R)

From a collective series by Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, and Shigeharu.
Signed Ryûsai Shigeharu ga
柳斎重春画
Marks Artist's seal: Yamaguchi uji Shigeharu
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross