Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829)

Matsuchiyama in autumn; Mimeguri Shrine in winter

Details

Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829)
Matsuchiyama in autumn;
Mimeguri Shrine in winter
Each signed Chobunsai Eishi hitsu and sealed Eishi
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
32¼ x 11½in. (82 x 29.2cm.) each (2)

Provenance

Tsuchiya Sakae, Kobe

PUBLISHED:
Narazaki Muneshige, "Eisho hitsu Sumidagawa zukan oyobi Eishi hitsu Mimeguri Matsuchiyama sofuku" (Handscroll of scenes along the Sumida River by Eisho and a pair of hanging scrolls of landscapes of Mimeguri Shrine and Mount Matsuchi by Eishi), Kokka 734 (1953).

Lot Essay

The poems by Ota Nanpo (Shokusanjin) (1749-1823) read:

Autumn:
Katsurao no yukure ni kuru yakusoku no
tsure o matsuchi no yama no yado kamo

A handsome man promised to come to see me this evening, but he hasn't. I wait for my mate at the lodging house on Mount Matsuchi.

Winter:
Mimeguri no torii no kasaki omokereba
nobiakaraneba mienu Yoshiwara

If the snow on the gate of Mimeguri Shrine is heavy, I cannot see the Yoshiwara without standing on my toes.

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