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Pleasure Competition in the Four Seasons (one scroll)

between 1794 and 1800

Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "Public domain" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.

The story

Eishi painted this lovers' scene as one of four silk hanging scrolls in a set called Pleasure Competition in the Four Seasons. This one is summer, and the mosquito net and calabash flowers glimpsed through the window give the season away.

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Object details

Title: Pleasure Competition in the Four Seasons (one scroll)
Artist: Chōbunsai Eishi
Date: between 1794 and 1800
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Shunga painting on silk, hanging scroll
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Not recorded
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0051
Original image: 2144 × 1424 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Chōbunsai Eishi. Pleasure Competition in the Four Seasons (one scroll). between 1794 and 1800. Not recorded. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0051/