Toyoyama of the Okamotoya, kamuro Yamaji and Nishiki, from the series Seven Prominent Residents of the Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara zensei shichikenjin)

「新吉原全盛七軒人　岡本屋内　豊山　やまし　にしき」

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 24.8 cm (15 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number50.2311

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe series title is a pun on the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin shichikenjin) in ancient China.

Signed Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極