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Chokosai Eisho

23 works

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Triptych woodblock print of elegant women in kimono among flowering vines, a fence, and a palanquin under gold clouds.

Parody of the Yugao Chapter of the Tale of Genji

c. 1795/97

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a boy on a fishing boat with a mesh sail, sailboats on calm water behind.

Women on a Fishing Boat

c. 1780/1800

Large Head and Bust Portrait of the Oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya

probably 1798

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading a letter and one adjusting a hair ornament.

Two Beauties Reading a Letter

c. 1780/1800

Three women in kimono walk beneath red lanterns, one holding a shamisen, another a fan, beside a bowl on a red stand.

Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura

c. 1797/98

Woodblock print of a nobleman in green robes offering a fan to a woman beside a flowering gate, with a third figure watching.

Prince Genji and Yugao

1795

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and gold hairpins, wearing a pink floral kimono.

Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe)

c. 1795

Japanese triptych of three women in patterned kimono beside a peacock, against a gold background of peacock feathers.

Interior of the House called Ōgiya

ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with yellow hairpins holding a red-ribbed fan, wearing a pink patterned robe.

A Beauty

A Woman Kneeling

Three seated women in kimono beneath a phoenix and large red feathers, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)

ca. 1798

Japanese triptych print of three courtesans in patterned kimono beside a large phoenix and red feathers.

The Courtesans of the Chojiya on Display in the Daytime (Chojiya hirumise)

c. 1796/98

Woodblock print of a seated woman playing a koto, wearing a patterned kimono and ornate hair pins, with calligraphy at upper

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba, from the series "A Comparison of Contemp…

c. 1796/97

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a pole beside a wooden tub, one seated.

Washing Clothes

c. 1780/1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a black floral kimono on a veranda, with a river, boats and a paper lantern behind her.

Women Standing on Veranda by a River

c. 1780/1800

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan reclining with a bearded man beside a black-framed screen and pine tree.

Hollander met een Japanse courtisane

1802

Three women in layered patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, one holding a black parasol, in a Japanese woodblock p

The courtesan Tsurunoo of the brothel house Tsura-ya

1795

Ukiyo-e print of three courtesans in patterned kimono and ornate hairpins walking together, by Chokosai Eisho.

The Courtesans Hanaogi, Segawa, and Miyahito of the Ogiya

c. 1796/97

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of seated figures in kimono with a peacock feather and calligraphy above.

The Six Immortals of Poetry, Abbreviated

c. 1795

Three Beauties of Our Time (Tosei san bijin)

n.d.

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono before a peacock and a peacock-feather background.

A parody of courtesans on display at the Ogiya (Ogiya mise yatsushi)

c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black kimono with two attendants in patterned robes, 1795.

The courtesan Shinateru of the Okamoto-ya

1795