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Women Playing Music in a Peacock Boat


孔雀船
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796 (Kansei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 74.9 cm (15 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7577-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #83; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #214; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #59; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), pls. 155-7; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 212, list no. 241
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7577 (left), 21.7578 (center), 21.7579 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14125-7, 21.7577-9
Signed Eishi zu (on each sheet)
栄之図
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 47); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.