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Shared Umbrellas, a Triptych (Aigasa sanpukutsui)

Shared Umbrellas, a Triptych (Aigasa sanpukutsui)

「相傘三幅対」

Mangetsudô (Japanese, active about 1760)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1740s

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

Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych; 31.7 x 44.8 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7188

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Link, Primitive Ukiyo-e (1980), p. 144 (Honolulu impression, cut apart and re-assembled in a different order)

Signed Mangetsudô (on each sheet)

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 477); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.