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筒井筒
Parody of the Tsutsu Izutsu Story from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)
筒井筒
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 x 75.1 cm (14 15/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7574-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #156; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 180; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #77; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 204, list no. 140
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7574 (left), 21.7575 (center), 21.7576 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.14057VR (11.14057, 11.14078, 11.14097), 21.7574-6
MFA impressions: 11.14057VR (11.14057, 11.14078, 11.14097), 21.7574-6
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
栄之画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoems from Ise monogatari:
Right: Tsuki ya aran/ haru ya mukashi no haru naruran/ waga mi hitsotsu wa/ moto no mi ni shite (from Episode 4)
Center: Tsutsui tsu no/ izutsu ni kakeshi/ maro ga take/ suginikerashi na/ imo mizaru ma ni (from Episode 23)
Left: Kurabekoshi/ furiwakegami mo/ kata suginu/ kimi narazu shite/ tare ka agubeki (from Episode 23)
Right: Tsuki ya aran/ haru ya mukashi no haru naruran/ waga mi hitsotsu wa/ moto no mi ni shite (from Episode 4)
Center: Tsutsui tsu no/ izutsu ni kakeshi/ maro ga take/ suginikerashi na/ imo mizaru ma ni (from Episode 23)
Left: Kurabekoshi/ furiwakegami mo/ kata suginu/ kimi narazu shite/ tare ka agubeki (from Episode 23)
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.