Courtesans at the Great Gate of the Yoshiwara: Utaura of the Kado-Tamaya, kamuro Hanaki and Chidori (R); Misayama of the Chôjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Teriha (C); Shinowara of the Tsuruya, kamuro Takeno and Sasano (L)

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

Courtesans at the Great Gate of the Yoshiwara: Utaura of the Kado-Tamaya, kamuro Hanaki and Chidori (R); Misayama of the Chôjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Teriha (C); Shinowara of the Tsuruya, kamuro Takeno and Sasano (L)

大門口　「角玉屋内　歌浦　はなき　ちとり」　　「てうしや　美佐山　わかば　てりは」　　「鶴屋　しの原　たけの　ささの」

Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792 (Kansei 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 75.5 cm (14 15/16 x 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4827-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #62; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #54 (R only, with two sheets from a different triptych?); Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 168 (C), list no. 125, and fig. 173 (R), list no. 138

DescriptionTriptych: 21.4827 (right), 21.4828 (center), 21.4829 (left)

Signed Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.