Online Auction 18945From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints
CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)
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CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)

Mitsuhana of the Obishiya with the names of her girl attendants, Kikushi and Kikuno (Obishiya Mitsuhana, Kikushi, Kikuno)

Closed18 June 2020

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CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)
Mitsuhana of the Obishiya with the names of her girl attendants, Kikushi and Kikuno (Obishiya Mitsuhana, Kikushi, Kikuno)
From the series New Year Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu isho)
Woodblock print
Signed Eishi zu
Censor's seal kiwame
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1795-96
Vertical oban: 39 x 26.3 cm. (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Specialist note

The same print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 21.4910, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/232588/mitsuhana-of-the-obishiya-kamuro-kikushi-and-kikuno-from-t

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