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「三幅対 右 九重乃桜」
Kokonoe no Sakura, Right Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui migi)
「三幅対 右 九重乃桜」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metal filings
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30 x 15.5 cm (11 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIn 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.
Signed
Nihon gakô Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
日本画工西村重長筆
日本画工西村重長筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Shige
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross