A Triptych of Courtesans (Keisei sanpukutsui): Edo (R), Kyoto (C), Osaka (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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A Triptych of Courtesans (Keisei sanpukutsui): Edo (R), Kyoto (C), Osaka (L)

A Triptych of Courtesans (Keisei sanpukutsui): Edo (R), Kyoto (C), Osaka (L)

三都契情三幅対　「江戸傾城三幅対右　京傾城三幅対中　大阪傾城三幅対左」

Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1750s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper

Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych; 29.6 x 43.4 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6860

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #125; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pls. 157-9

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19672, 21.6860

Signed Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu (on each design)
石川豊信筆

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.