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鳥文斎栄之筆 蜀山人(大田 南畝)賛 吉原の蜃気楼図|Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter

鳥文斎栄之筆 蜀山人(大田 南畝)賛 吉原の蜃気楼図|Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter by Chōbunsai Eishi|Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)

Medium

Triptych of hanging scrolls with inscribed mountings; painting: ink and color on silk; calligraphy: ink on silk mounting fabric

Dimensions

Image (each): 35 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (89.5 × 32.4 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 65 3/4 × 17 7/16 in. (167 × 44.3 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2020

Accession Number

2020.117a–c

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Chōbunsai Eishi|Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) · 17561829

Japanese, 1756–1829

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