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Eishi, artist
Japanese, 1756 - 1829
Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsubaya (Matsubaya no uchi somenosuke) from the series Picking Pine Shoots, a chapter from the Tale of Genji (Genji komatsubiki), circa 1794 - 1796
color woodcut
38.4 x 24.6 cm (image)
Gift of Patricia Brown McNamara, Jane Brown Dunaway, and Helen Brown Jarman in memory of Mary Wattis Brown 64.47.40

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publisher, Iwatoya Jimpachi

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Artist Biography: Hosoda Eishi. Member of the Fujiwara clan. Go= Chobunshai, Eishi. Printmaker in Edo.