Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en)

Maker

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山 (Japanese, 1787-1867
b. in Edo)

Title

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1810s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 39 x 75.6 cm (15 3/8 x 29 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

A white square label is affixed verso, bottom left (reverse of far right section) with an inscription in pencil: 7-
Inscription verso (far right section), bottom leftin pencil: 720.7

Signature: Eizan hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1062

Type

Exhibition History

Triptychs in Japanese Printmaking
Jun 06, 2003 – Aug 31, 2003

Label copy

These women are engaged in a poetry competition known as “the winding water banquet,” dating to as early as the Heian period in Japan (794-1185). Wine cups were floated on the water, and the guests were expected to drink from a cup and recite a verse or compose a few lines of poetry to complete someone else’s verse.

This competition had its roots in China, where a similar gathering was held at the Orchid Pavilion in Shaoxing in Zhejiang province in southern China in 353 AD. A Chinese painting in the case behind illustrates the story.

Women in Japanese Prints
Mar 05, 1993 – May 09, 1993

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Tombstone

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山 (Japanese, 1787-1867
b. in Edo)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en), 1810s
Three-paneled polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban triptych: 39 x 75.6 cm (15 3/8 x 29 3/4 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1062

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