A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

Chōbunsai Eishi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eishi, born of a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen'in Sukenobu (1730–1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikichō, one of four Kano academies in Edo. He was granted the artist's name of Eishi by Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu. Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure QuartersA Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure QuartersA Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure QuartersA Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure QuartersA Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.