Women Imitating the Yatsuhashi Episode of Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

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Women Imitating the Yatsuhashi Episode of Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

見立八橋

Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 72.9 cm (13 7/8 x 28 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.199-201

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #48; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 444, list no. A106

DescriptionTriptych: 54.199 (left), 54.200 (center), 54.201 (right)

Signed Eishô ga (on each sheet)
栄昌画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)