Okita (right) and Ohisa (left) Playing the Game of Ken

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Okita (right) and Ohisa (left) Playing the Game of Ken

おきたおひさの拳相撲

Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792 (Kansei 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.2 x 37.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession NumberRES.54.66

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #74; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #129; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 128, list no. 164 (with names); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #546 (no names)

Signed Eishi ga
栄之画

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)