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「華傘三幅対（ヵ） 右 佐野川市松」（初代）
Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I, Right Sheet of Decorative Umbrellas, a Triptych (Hanagasa sanpukutsui, migi)
「華傘三幅対（ヵ） 右 佐野川市松」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1750 (Kan'en 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.5 x 15 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.384
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1758; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #6
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych?
In 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.
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. (2002), p. 64.
In 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.
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. (2002), p. 64.
Signed
Hôgetsudo shômei Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu ga
方月堂正名奥村文角政信画
方月堂正名奥村文角政信画
InscriptionsPoem (by Masanobu?): Furitsukete/ shigure ni somanu/ hitotsu matsu
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross