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鳥文斎栄之画 「畧六花撰 喜撰法師」 |Matching Shells (Kai-awase), “Kisen Hōshi,” from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi)

Chōbunsai Eishi

ca. 1796–98

鳥文斎栄之画 「畧六花撰 喜撰法師」 |Matching Shells (Kai-awase), “Kisen Hōshi,” from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi) by Chōbunsai Eishi

Medium

Polychrome woodblock ōban print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. (37.9 x 24.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

JP1786

Tags

WomenShells

About the Artist

Chōbunsai Eishi · 17561829

Japanese, 1756–1829

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