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「和歌三后 小野小町 左」
Ono no Komachi, Left Sheet (Hidari), from the triptych Three Queens of Japanese Poetry (Waka sankô)
「和歌三后 小野小町 左」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1740
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and metallic powder
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.2 x 14.1 cm (12 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5437
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sotheby's NY sale cat. 5488, Sept. 24, 1986, lot 1; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 103; Ukiyo-e zenshû I (1957), fig. 89
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. In this case, however, "left" is most likely "viewer's left" or "proper right."
Signed
Gakô Torii Kiyomasu
画工鳥居清倍
画工鳥居清倍
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.