鳥文斎栄之画 「浮世源氏八景 幻 落雁 薄雲 晴嵐」|Spirit Summoner; Wild Geese Returning Home (Maboroshi; Rakugan) (right) and A Thin Veil of Clouds; Clearing Weather (Usugumo; Seiran) (left), from the series Eight Views of The Tale of Genji in the Floating World (Ukiyo Genji hakkei)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1797
- Dimensions
- H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan 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
Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise
1793 · Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
1792 · woodblock print from a pentaptych; ink and color on paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Chōbunsai Eishi
- Year
- 1797
- Dimensions
- H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1797-T000665
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified