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女房三十六人歌合
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Nyôbô sanjûrokunin uta-awase (The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets)
女房三十六人歌合
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Blockcutter: Yamaguchi Matsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yamaguchi Seizô (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Blockcutter: Yamaguchi Matsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yamaguchi Seizô (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1801 (Kyôwa 1, listed as "Kansei 13") (colophon)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 18.7cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/8in.); ôhon; orihon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.386
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #132; Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #88; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #131; Keyes, Ehon (2006), #31; Pekarik, The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (1991; full repro. and translation)
Signed
artist (colophon): Hosoi Chôbunsai Eishi Hitsu
奥付け: 細井鳥文斎筆
奥付け: 細井鳥文斎筆
Marks
Hosoi, Chôbunsai
画家印：細井；鳥文斎
画家印：細井；鳥文斎
ProvenanceBy 1916, registered in MFA ledgers. (Accession date: July 31, 1998)