A Modern Version of the Concert of Ushiwakamaru and Jôruri-hime

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A Modern Version of the Concert of Ushiwakamaru and Jôruri-hime

見立て浄瑠璃姫

Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–1800 (Kansei 9–12)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 39.8 x 123.6 cm (15 11/16 x 48 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7591-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #248; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #97, and 6 (AIC 3, 1978), figs. 77-81; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 221, list no. 310; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #552

DescriptionPentaptych, left to right: 21.7591, 21.7592, 21.7593, 21.7594, 21.7595

MFA impressions: 21.7591-5, 11.14155-9

Signed Eishi zu (on each sheet)
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.