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Courtesans Parading at New Year: Sanshû of the Tsutaya


「蔦屋内三しう」
Gokyô (Japanese, active about 1789–1801)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 25.3 cm (15 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8406
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #125; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 4, V&A I (1989), pl. 113 (R); Hizô 9, Brussels, pl. 186 (L); Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Gokyô list, #s 3-4; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 534 (R), list no. D24; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C24, pl. CXXIV
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.14959-60 (diptych), 21.8406 (left sheet only)
Signed Eishi monjin Gokyô ga
ProvenanceSeptember 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.