Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)

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Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)

「諸鳥十二禽」　籠に鳥

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1791 (Kansei 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.2523.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), chûban #110; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #160.6; the series: Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list nos. 105-7 (this design not mentioned)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.2523.1, 21.4878

Signed Eishi ga
栄之画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross