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「左 花売三幅対」 「中 花うり三幅対」 「右 花うり三幅対」
A Triptych of Flower-sellers (Hanauri sanpukutsui)
「左 花売三幅対」 「中 花うり三幅対」 「右 花うり三幅対」
Nishimura Shigenobu (Japanese, active about 1724–1735)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Uncut hosoban triptych; 31.3 x 43.2 cm (12 5/16 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.445
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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
Gakô Nishimura Magosaburô hitsu (on center and left designs)
画工西村孫三郎筆
画工西村孫三郎筆
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross