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A Fashionable Triptych: Right, Izumi Shikibu; Center, Sotoorii-hime; Left, Komachi Praying for Rain (Fûryû sanpuku tsui: migi, Izumi Shikibu; chû, Sotoori-hime; hidari, Amagoi Komachi)


「三幅対 右 和泉式部 中 衣通姫 左 雨乞小町」
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Denbei (Baishukudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych; 30.5 x 43.3 cm (12 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6855
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Senkadô Nishimura Shigenaga shôhitsu (on each design)
千花堂 西村重長正筆
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.