/internal/media/dispatcher/1040399/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIn the Style of a Young Man (Wakashu fū), Left Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)Nishimura ShigenagaIgaya Kan'emon (Bunkidō)Hosoban; 32 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawaWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.191340In early hosoban triptychs, "left" and "right" often (but not always) mean "proper left" and "proper right," that is, right and left respectively as seen by the viewer.Prints32.000000000021192001