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Courtesans Parading under Maple Leaves: Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta (R); Chôzan of the Chôjiya, kamuro Yasoji and Isoji (C); Segawa of the Matsubaya, kamuro Takeno and Sasano (L)


紅葉下太夫揃 「扇屋内 花扇 よしの たつた」 「丁子屋内 千山 やそじ いそじ」 「松葉屋内 滝川 たけの ささの」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.2 cm (14 15/16 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7550-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #60; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #89; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 202, list no. 135; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #558
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7550 (right), 21.7551 (center), 21.7552 (left)
The courtesans are:
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta (right)
Chôzan of the Chôjiya, kamuro Yasoji and Isoji (center)
Segawa of the Matsubaya, kamuro Takeno and Sasano (left)
MFA impressions: 11.14072 (right sheet only), 21.7550-2
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.