Mitsuhana of the Ôbishiya, kamuro Kikushi and Kikuno, from the series New Year Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu ishô)
「若那初衣装 大ひしや三花 きくし きくの」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)
Artist Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #42.13; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 82, list no. 213
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.4910
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Eishi zu
栄之図
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
Provenance
June 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.
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection