Two bijin on a walk holding an <i>odawara</i>-lantern

Chōkyōsai Eiri (鳥橋斎栄里) (artist 1790s)

Two bijin on a walk holding an odawara-lantern

Print


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 Pins The Japanese Pillar Print, #913.
pillar prints (hashira-e - 柱絵) (genre)
Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八) (publisher)
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)