Two Women on The Tōkaidō Highway
Artist
Rekisentei Eiri
(Japanese, active 1790s–1820s)
Dateabout 1796
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions34.9 x 24.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher's seal: Kichi (under roof-shaped line)
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.59.2910
DescriptionThe women are depicted standing and talking to each other. Back of them in the middle distance a bit ofthe lower slope of Mt. Fuji is seen. Right-hand sheet of a triptych or a pentaptych
On View
Not on viewKikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
Early Spring 1813