A Modern Version of the Concert of Ushiwakamaru and Jôruri-hime

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A Modern Version of the Concert of Ushiwakamaru and Jôruri-hime

見立て浄瑠璃姫

Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 73.9 cm (14 3/4 x 29 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7633-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #57; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 443 (left sheet only), list no. A105; TNM, Ukiyo-e Prints 2 (1962), #2283 (left sheet only)

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7633 (left), 21.7634 (center), 21.7635 (right)

Signed Eishô zu (on each sheet)
栄昌図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 573); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.