Banquet of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

七福神の宴会

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Inoue Mohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)

Japanese

Meiji era

1882 (Meiji 15), October

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 72.8 cm (14 3/8 x 28 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Sarah E. Thompson

Accession Number2012.1168a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #61; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #144

DescriptionThis print was apparently the basis for our painting 11.8444, which has a (false?) signature of Kawanabe Kyôsai.

Signed Ôju Yoshitoshi giga
応需芳年戯画

Marks Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô
彫師：彫工銀次郎

Inscriptions「顔はよくとりをさめたるとしのくれあすハ目出たいと今日も朝からのミはしめ」

ProvenanceBetween about 1968 and 1978, probably purchased in Lexington, Kentucky by Lawrence S. Thompson; 1986, bequest of Lawrence Thompson to Sarah E. Thompson, Lowell, MA; 2012, year-end gift of Sarah E. Thompson to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)