錦摺女三十六歌仙|Nishikizuri onna sanjūrokkasen|Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishiki-zuri onna sanjūrokkasen)

Chōbunsai (Hosoda) Eishi , 鳥文斎(細田)栄之|Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

1801 · Ink and color on paper · Asian Art

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").

Artist

Chōbunsai (Hosoda) Eishi , 鳥文斎(細田)栄之|Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Date

1801

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918