Courtesans of the Sanomatsuya, in Edo-machi Nichôme in the New Yoshiwara: Matsushima, kamuro Wakashi and Sankichi (R); Ume III (C); and Kichô, kamuro Komiyo and Kotono (L)

「新吉原江戸町二丁目　佐野松屋内　松島」「わかし」「さんきち」「新吉原江戸町二丁目　佐野松屋内　三代目　梅」「新吉原江戸町二丁目　佐野松屋内　喜蝶」「こみよ」「ことの」

Japanese

Edo period

1830s (Tenpô era)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 77.6 cm (14 9/16 x 30 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.417a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)