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「美人三福対 小野小町 右」
Ono no Komachi, Right Sheet (Migi) of a Triptych of Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)
「美人三福対 小野小町 右」
Japanese
Edo period
1720s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.5 x 14.5 cm (12 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5886
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.
Signed
Eshi Nishimura Shigenobu hitsu
絵師西村重信筆
絵師西村重信筆
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.