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Geisha Preparing for a Party


芸者の酒宴の準備
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; 38.8 x 76.2 cm (15 1/4 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7556-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #68; not found in Ukiyo-e shûka or Brandt
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7556 (right), 21.7557 (center), 21.7558 (left)
Signed Eishi zu (on each sheet)
栄之図
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance21.7558: October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.

21.7556-7: Spring 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.