Ladies Practicing Martial Arts (Opening Scene of the Play Mirror Mountain)

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Ladies Practicing Martial Arts (Opening Scene of the Play Mirror Mountain)

見立鏡山

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1801–04 (Kyôwa era)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 74.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7792-4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #133; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 176-8

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7792 (left), 21.7793 (center), 21.7794 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.13608VR (11.13608, 11.13756, 11.13757), 21.7792-4

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 68); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.