Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses (Nishiki zuri onna sanjūrokkasen) 錦摺女三十六歌仙

Chōbunsai (Hosoda) Eishi , 鳥文斎(細田)栄之 Japanese

Frontispiece by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese

1801

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In 1801 Hokusai provided a frontispiece to an album by the ukiyo-e master Chōbunsai Eishi (1756–1829), who elegantly portrayed thirty-six female poets. The frontispiece reveals the lyricism typical of Hokusai's Sōri period, early in his career. The signature reads Gakyōjin Hokusai zu ("painted by the madman of painting, Hokusai").

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錦摺女三十六歌仙
Nishikizuri onna sanjūrokkasen
Title: Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses (Nishiki zuri onna sanjūrokkasen) 錦摺女三十六歌仙
Artist: Chōbunsai (Hosoda) Eishi , 鳥文斎(細田)栄之 (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Artist: Frontispiece by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1801
Culture: Japan
Medium: Ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/4 in. (25.1 × 18.7 × 1.9 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Object Number: JIB5
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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