Modern Representatives Of Old-Time Poets
Artist
Eishi, Hosoda
(Japanese, 1756–1829)
Dateabout 1790
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions25.1 x 37.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.524
DescriptionTwo pictures on one sheet, a double page print from a folding album. At right a modern Shigeyuki attended by two women who are respectfuly seated behind him. At left a modern Muneyuki stands, with a woman and a girl standing behind him. The poets are in old-time costume; the women and the girl are attried in the fashion of 1790.On View
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