Sankyoku Trio (Shamisen, Koto, and Kokyû) with the Koto Player Holding a Puppet of a Dancer

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Sankyoku Trio (Shamisen, Koto, and Kokyû) with the Koto Player Holding a Puppet of a Dancer

三曲と人形芝居

Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

early 1760s

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

Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych on horizontal ôban sheet; 28.7 x 42.5 cm (11 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6862

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga (on each design)
鳥居清満画

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.