CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)*

SCENES ALONG THE SUMIDA RIVER EDO PERIOD, 1826

Details

CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)*
Scenes along the Sumida River
Edo period, 1826
Each signed Chobunsai Eishi hitsu, sealed Eishi; dated Bunsei 9 (1826), early autumn
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold and flecks of gold and silver leaf on paper
65 x 157in. (166.2 x 361.2cm.) each (2)

Exhibited

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Lot Essay

published:

Azabu Museum of Art, ed., Azabu bijutsukan: Shuzohin zuroku (Azabu Museum of Art: Catalogue of the collection) (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art, 1986), no. 38.

Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 55.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), nos. 33, 34.

Narazaki Muneshige, Utamaro, vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, edited by Narazaki Muneshige (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1981), pls. 46, 47.