Chōkyōsai Eiri (鳥橋斎栄里) (artist 1790s)
Two bijin on a walk at night holding an odawara-lantern
ca 1790
4.25 in x 24.875 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Eiri ga (永里画)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
(Marks 391 - seal 23-016)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Our title for this kakemono is based on Pins description. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston calls it "Geisha and Assistant" (芸妓と仲居).
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Illustrated in black and white The Japanese Pillar Print by Jacob Pins, Roger G. Sawers Publishing, 1982, #913, page 323.
pillar print (hashira-e - 柱絵) (genre)
Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八) (publisher)
beautiful woman picture (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)