Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter

Chōbunsai Eishi

Japanese, 1756–1829

Dateca. 1811

MediumTriptych of hanging scrolls with inscribed mountings; painting: ink and color on silk; calligraphy: ink on silk mounting fabric

DimensionsImage (each): 35 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (89.5 × 32.4 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 65 3/4 × 17 7/16 in. (167 × 44.3 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationPaintings

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2020

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