Chōbunsai Eishi

Print from Women Resting in the Votive Picture Hall at Asakusa

early 1790s
woodblock print from a triptych; ink and color on paper

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This print, the right print from a triptych of which the museum has only the left and right, shows people looking at votive plaques called ema hanging near the ceiling of a hall where tea is served to visitors.

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