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Women Catching Fireflies

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Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 x 72.2 cm (13 3/4 x 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7377-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #85; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 214, list no. 278

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7377 (right), 21.7378 (center), 21.7379 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.23043-5, 21.7377-9

Signed Eishi zu (on each sheet)
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.