| Maker(s): | Eishōsai Chōki | | Culture: | Japanese (active 1790s-early 1800s)
| | Title: | Kayoi Komachi [The nightly courting of Komachi], from the series Keshiki nana Komachi [Scenes of the seven Komachi episodes]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1800
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper; embossed lightning-pattern ground
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet/Image: 9 15/16 in x 7 1/4 in; 25.2 cm x 18.4 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Choki ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Keshiki Nana Komachi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kayoi / Komachi]; INSCRIPTION: recto, around the image (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.218.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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