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「福禄寿 三福対左」
Fukurokuju, Left Sheet of a Triptych (Fukurokuju, sanpukutsui hidari)
「福禄寿 三福対左」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1740
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.9 x 14.9 cm (12 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5877
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 143
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
Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
西村重長筆
西村重長筆
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.