1933.4.462: Hanabito of the Ōgiya, with kamuro Momiji and Sakura from the series New Year Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu ishō)
PrintsThe woman holds up the fabric featuring dramatic green dragons with pink and purple swirl patterns, her delicate other hand points to it with a stick while she looks to the left, the fabric flows to the left. She’s wearing a coral-colored kimono with a dotted green obi sash. Her hair is long and black with six hair ornament sticks radiating at the top of her head. In the background, there’s a short, yellow, club-footed, open stove with coals and a tea pot on it. Japanese text along the right edge and on left.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.462
- People
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Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, Japanese (1756 - 1829)
- Title
- Hanabito of the Ōgiya, with kamuro Momiji and Sakura from the series New Year Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu ishō)
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1795-96
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/208753
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 36.7 cm x W. 24.4 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Eishi zu
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.462
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 035; pp. 76-77
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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