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Women Dancing under a Canopy


大傘下の踊り
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792 (Kansei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 x 75.2 cm (14 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4896-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #156; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 9, Brussels (1989), pl. 181 (unsigned); Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #104 (2 sheets only); Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 175 (2 sheets only), list no. 151
DescriptionTriptych: 21.4896 (right), 21.4897 (center), 21.4898 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.14699-701 (unsigned), 21.4896-8 (signed)
Signed Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (LOT #284); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.