A Party on the Pleasure Boat Yoshinomaru
吉野丸船遊び
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Artist Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Catalogue Raisonné
Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #6; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 184; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #98; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 218, list no. 88
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 38.1 x 124.8 cm (15 x 49 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
21.7586-90
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Pentaptych, left to right: 21.7586, 21.7587, 21.7588, 21.7589, 21.7590
MFA impressions: 06.689 (left sheet only), 06.690 (left center sheet only), 11.14022 (right center sheet only), 11.14164-8 (complete pentaptych), 21.7447-50 (four sheets only, right sheet missing), 21.7586-90 (complete pentaptych)
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
Provenance
September 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection