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Three Girls (Sannin musume)


「三人娘」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 85.2 cm (14 5/16 × 33 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.420a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.15683-5 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29594VR (11.29594, 11.29595, 11.45264), 34.420a-c, RES.54.187.8 (left sheet only)
Signed Konomi ni yorite Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Konomi ni makase Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Konomi makasete Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
好によりて 国貞画  好にまかせ 国貞画  好まかせて 国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「ひとりあねさんつゝみか上手」
「ひとりあねさん下谷にこさる」
「おらかあねさん三人こさる」「一り姉さんたいこか上手」
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)