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Maker(s):Chobunsai Eishi (Hosoda)
Culture:Japanese (1756-1829)
Title:Takarabune [The Pleasure Boat] (Women in a Phoenix Boat at New Year)
Date Made:about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 25 in x 40 in; 63.5 cm x 101.6 cm; Sheet/Image: 15 1/4 in x 10 3/16 in; 38.7 cm x 25.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Eishi ga]; SEAL: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kiwame]; SEAL: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [mountain shape with a circle and three dots]; SEAL: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Eiju Han].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.232.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Central section of a triptych (along with 1973.231.Q.RII and 1973.233.Q.RII): three women in a boat with a batch of scrolls, one standing in the middle holding a small furniture with rice cake, the other two sitting with origami (paper folding) crane and boat. Publisher is Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo).

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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MH 1973.233.Q.RII
Chobunsai Eishi (Hosoda)
Takarabune [The Pleasure Boat] (Women in a Phoenix Boat at New Year)
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
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