A Triptych of Charming Ladies (Enjo sanpukutsui): [right to left] Style of the Court Ladies, Left (Goshogata fû, hidari); the Third Princess (Nyosan no miya); Style of the Attendants at the Shogun's Palace, Right (Jôrôshû fû, migi)

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A Triptych of Charming Ladies (Enjo sanpukutsui): [right to left] Style of the Court Ladies, Left (Goshogata fû, hidari); the Third Princess (Nyosan no miya); Style of the Attendants at the Shogun's Palace, Right (Jôrôshû fû, migi)

「艶女三幅対　御所方風　左」　「艶女三幅対　中　女三宮（にょさんのみや）」　「艶女三幅対　上﨟衆風　右」

Tamura Sadanobu (Japanese, active about 1725–1748)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder

Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych; 33.5 x 46.7 cm (13 3/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5812

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pls. 131-3

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 Yamato gakô Tamura Sadanobu hitsu (on each design)

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 593); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.