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Maker(s):Chobunsai Eishi (Hosoda)
Culture:Japanese (1756-1829)
Title:Yoshinomaru Funa Asobi [A Party on the Pleasure Boat Yoshinomaru]
Date Made:about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet/Image: 14 5/8 in x 9 7/8 in; 37.1 cm x 25.1 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Eishi ga].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.235.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Fourth (right) section of a pentaptych of a party on a pleasure boat: four women in one section of a huge boat, one holding a flower hat (hanagasa) for dancing to the accompaniment of other three playing shomisen (a string instrument) and handdrum (tsutsumi). Full pentaptych see object 1906,1220,0.277 in British Museum collection and object 21.7586-90 in Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection.

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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