Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Catalogue
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Chōbunsai Eishi
Artist
Printmaking
Chōbunsai Eishi was an 18th-century Japanese woodblock print artist and painter known for ukiyo-e works depicting bijin (beautiful women) and kabuki actors. Active during the late Edo period, he developed a refined, elegant style characterized by elongated figures and delicate linear detail. His prints and paintings represent a transition between earlier Edo aesthetics and the more decorative approaches of his contemporaries. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.
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Beauty in a Boat on Sumida River
1801 · hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”
1800 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Women Beside a Stream Chasing Fireflies
1796 · woodblock print; ink and color on paper
The Courtesan Takihime and Attendants (from the series New Patterns of Young Greens)
1795 · color woodblock print
Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
1792 · woodblock print from a pentaptych; ink and color on paper
Print from Women Resting in the Votive Picture Hall at Asakusa
1790 · woodblock print from a triptych; ink and color on paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Chōbunsai Eishi
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1793-322487
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified