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「中村染 さかい町のはな おくに 三幅対右」
Okuni, the Flower of Sakai-chô in the Nakamura Style (Nakamurazome Sakai-chô no hana Okuni), Right Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpuku tsui migi)
「中村染 さかい町のはな おくに 三幅対右」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.2 x 15.1 cm (12 5/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number47.100
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIn early hosoban triptychs, "left" and "right" often (but not always) mean "proper left" and "proper right," that is, right and left respectively as seen by the viewer.
Signed
Tôbu Yamato gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
東武大和画工 奥村利信筆
東武大和画工 奥村利信筆
ProvenanceRoss Collection by exchange