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「三幅対 左 沢村金蔵」
Actor Sawamura Kinzô, Left Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)
「三幅対 左 沢村金蔵」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.5 x 15.3 cm (12 3/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1017
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0512
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
Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆
鳥居清倍筆
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross