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麦藁蛇を持って富士かえり美人
Three Women Returning From the Fuji Festival
麦藁蛇を持って富士かえり美人
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–89 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4848
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #22
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete triptych?
The straw snake held by the woman at right is a souvenir of the Fuji Festival celebrating the annual opening of Mount Fuji to pilgrims on the first day of the sixth month. Residents of Edo visited mounds representing Fuji in locations such as Asakusa or Komagome.
The straw snake held by the woman at right is a souvenir of the Fuji Festival celebrating the annual opening of Mount Fuji to pilgrims on the first day of the sixth month. Residents of Edo visited mounds representing Fuji in locations such as Asakusa or Komagome.
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.