A New Year's Day Gathering
Artist
Eishosai Choki
(Japanese, active late 1780s-early 1800s)
Publisherpublished by
Kōshodō 耕書堂
(Japanese, 1750–1797)
Dateabout 1794
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions35.8 x 73 cm (14 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.110
DescriptionThe interior of a great house on the 1st day of the new year. The women ofthe household and one young man are assebled to view the antics and to listen to the jokes of two manzai or strolling buffoons who have been invited to come and entertain. The manzai, one of whom holds a tsuzumi (shoulder drum), occupy the middle room, and the women areOn View
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