The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)

A triptych of woodblock prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, dated circa 1798, this design depicts the Chōjiya pleasure house during its daytime display (hiru-mise) — a sister composition to the Art Institute's triptych on the same subject and one of the canonical Yoshiwara-documentation prints of the decade. The Chōjiya was one of the great houses of the quarter, and Eishō stages its mise as a measured horizontal frieze: courtesans seated behind the wooden lattice in patterned kimono, attendants moving among them with trays and accessories, the architectural framework providing the strong rectilinear grid against which the curves of figure and textile play. The Met's impression is in good condition and preserves the print's full triptych width, allowing the long horizontal rhythm of the design to be read as the artist intended.