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「三ぶくつい左 京おしろい」
Kyoto: White Face Powder, Left Sheet of a Triptych (Kyô oshiroi, sanpukutsui hidari)
「三ぶくつい左 京おしろい」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.8 x 14.7 cm (12 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19121
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.
For the "right" sheet, Edo: Hair Styling (Edo motoyui) see Grabhorn, Ukiyo-e: The Floating World (1962), no. 4.
For the "right" sheet, Edo: Hair Styling (Edo motoyui) see Grabhorn, Ukiyo-e: The Floating World (1962), no. 4.
Signed
Yamato gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
大和画工 奥村利信筆
大和画工 奥村利信筆
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.