/internal/media/dispatcher/927356/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBeauties Enjoying Themselves in the Garden (Bijin niwa asobi)1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)Utagawa KuniyoshiWakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindō)Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperBequest of William Perkins Babcock00.10860Two sheets of an incomplete triptych: 00.1084 (R), 00.1086 (L)
Title on 00.1806. The design is a continuation, to the right, of the triptych A Chinese-style Boating Party (Junkan funa-asobi), MFA 11.21389-91 and 11.36650a-c. Marks gives the publisher of this triptych as Sumiyoshiya Masagorô, the same as the "Boating Party" triptych, but the mark on the two MFA sheets is definitely Wakasaya; so either the complete hexaptych was originally co-produced by two publishers, or this is a second edition from somewhat worn blocks.Prints37.800000000019049801