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Maker(s):Chōkōsai Eishō; Yamaguchiya Chūsuke, publisher
Culture:Japanese (active 1780–1800); Japanese (active ca. 1793–1809)
Title:The Courtesans Somenosuke, Nakagawa, and Seyama of the Matsubaya ('Matsubayanai Somenosuke, Nakagawa, Seyama')
Date Made:ca. 1795–1798
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 14 13/16 in x 10 1/8 in; 37.6 cm x 25.7 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.265
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
vertical ōban; bijinga; nishiki-e

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-left "Eishō ga" ('drawn by Eishō). Beneath the signature is the seal of publisher Yamaguchiya Chūsuke, the katakana character for "to" beneath a slanted line. The oiran and their place of employ are identified in the text at top-right. Eishō collaborated with this publisher on several bijinga, both serialized and not, from ca. 1795–1798. There exist other examples by Eishō from this period that feature other courtesans from different pleasure houses, though many of the designs exhibit a similar composition and format (cf. Boston MFA acc. no. 21.4942).

Tags:
female; figures; courtesans; kimonos; women; headdresses; flowers; dragons; botanical illustration

Subjects:
Women; Kimonos; Headdresses; Flowers; figures (representations); Females

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