Eishōsai Chōki

Eishōsai Chōki — training under Toriyama Sekien is recorded. Work by Eishōsai Chōki is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, National Museum of World Cultures, Library of Congress, Rijksmuseum and Brooklyn Museum. The heading is also recorded as Eishosai Choki, Eishousai Chouki, Momokawa and Shikō. Eishōsai Chōki is recorded with the citizenship of Japan. It is also recorded that eishōsai Chōki is recorded as painter and artist.

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Works and production

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 4 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. It is also recorded that the Confession of the Courtesan Takao (Takao zange no dan) is dated ca. 1798 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory JP957). It is also recorded that the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival, Bold First Love at the Year-End Market (Seirō niwaka, toshi no ichi isamu hatsukoi) is dated ca. 1795–99 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory JP3045).

Okaru and Yuranosuke (Okaru, Yuranosuke) is catalogued and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory JP3401). The register further records that three Gods of Waka Fan Matching: Kisegawa of Matsubaya Brothel, with Takeno and Sasano (Waka sanjin ōgi awase, Matsubaya uchi Kisegawa, Takeno, Sasano) is dated ca. 1796 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory JP2417). Binzasara, A Dance with Clappers (From the series Entertainments at the Height of the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters) is dated early 1790s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1930.174).

Collections and holdings

The following public collections record material under this heading.

Print is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 10 objects associated with this name. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 10 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading.

The New Year Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters (1796) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The record continues: the Courtesan Kisegawa of Matsubaya (1796) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that binzasara, A Dance with Clappers (From the series Entertainments at the Height of the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters) (1790) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that a Party of Geisha in a Suzumi-bune, i.e. "cooling-off boat." (Second Scene of a Boating Party) (1796) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Scene from the Third Act of Chushingura between Okaru, Kanbei, and Bannai (1798) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Actor Bando Mitsugoro II in Ceremonial Robes with Kamishimo is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 7 catalogued sources across 7 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikidata, Wikipedia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Crossref registry, Internet Archive and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Eishōsai Chōki, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091100616, Eishōsai Chōki.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 10 digitised items catalogued under Eishōsai Chōki as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Eishōsai Chōki.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  5. 5.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Eishōsai Chōki (10 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3049506: Eishōsai Chōki

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Eishōsai Chōki”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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