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Momiji no ga, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fûryû yatsushi Genji)


「風流やつし源氏」 紅葉賀
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791–92 (Kansei 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.8 x 74.6 cm (15 1/4 x 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4853-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #44; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 73; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #82.2; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 191, list no. 56
DescriptionTriptych: 21.4853 (right), 21.4854 (center), 21.4855 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.14031 (right sheet only), 11.14032VR (11.14032, 11.14107, 11.14108), 21.4853-5
Signed Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.