Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), Edo Period

Maker

Title

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.8 x 18.7 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 雪ほもり
弁てん太夫
引連れて
えひすの宮へ
友にあふ日は
Translation: Today, after being snowed in as I headed off to Ebisu Shrine, escorted by a male geisha and a woman beautiful as Benten, I bumped into a friend on the way...

(Carpenter, John T., and Museum Rietberg, Reading Surimono : The Interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints, Zürich, Leiden: Museum Rietberg, 2008, p. 403)

Signature: Toyohiro ga

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1424

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu)

Inscription Text/Poem: 雪ほもり
弁てん太夫
引連れて
えひすの宮へ
友にあふ日は
Translation: Today, after being snowed in as I headed off to Ebisu Shrine, escorted by a male geisha and a woman beautiful as Benten, I bumped into a friend on the way...

(Carpenter, John T., and Museum Rietberg, Reading Surimono : The Interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints, Zürich, Leiden: Museum Rietberg, 2008, p. 403)

Signature: Toyohiro ga

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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