The Courtesans of the Chōjiya: Itsuhata, Chiyama, Misayama, Itotaki, and Oribae Artist: Hosoda Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)

ca. 1792

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (39.1 × 25.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S

Accession Number

1957.31.8

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Edo Culture in Japanese prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 45, no. 24
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Inscriptions

い津者多、千山、見さ山、糸瀧、折者へ\r\n[The Courtesans of the Chōjiya:] Itsuhata, Chiyama, Misayama, Itotaki, and Oribae.\r\n[Two names of kamuro attendants for each oiran are listed under each of their names.]\r\nさくら、きちじ；　いそじ、やそじ；　ちどり、三どり；　め多き、こ日？の；　者満じ、者なの\r\nSakura, Kichiji; Isoji, Yasoji; Chidori, Midori; Metaki, Koino?; Hamaji, Hanano.

Signed

Eishi ga (lower left)
Censor seal Kiwame (round relief folowing the signature)
Publisher seals at left bottom: "three comma shapes in a circle under a roof" and "Eijuban" 永壽板 (square relief) at left bottom

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