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Honoring the Three Gods of Poetry


和歌三神
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (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; 38.6 x 75.4 cm (15 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7571-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #130; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #94; Ukiyo-e shûka 6 (AIC 3, 1978), figs. 27-9; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 199, list no. 123
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7571 (left), 21.7572 (center), 21.7573 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14146-8, 21.7571-3
Signed Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.