Print from Women Resting in the Votive Picture Hall at Asakusa
early 1790s
Chōbunsai Eishi
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japanese Art
Print from Women Resting in the Votive Picture Hall at Asakusa, early 1790s. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829). Woodblock print from a triptych; ink and color on paper; sheet: 39.8 x 26.1 cm (15 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1151 This print, the right print from a triptych of which the museum has only the left and right, shows people looking at votive plaques called ema hanging near the ceiling of a hall where tea is served to visitors.
- Maker/Artist
- Hosoda Eishi
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- woodblock print from a triptych; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 39.8 x 26.1 cm (15 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Eishi ga
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.1151
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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