Konosato of the Takeya, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirô bijin Rokkasen)

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Konosato of the Takeya, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirô bijin Rokkasen)

「青楼美人六花仙　竹屋内この里」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4914

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #186; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 179; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #13.4; Ukiyo-e taisei #504; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 66, list no. 187

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.24882 (key block), 21.4914 (color)

Signed Eishi zu
栄之図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.