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Preparing to Play the Koto, from the series Ladies of the Tokugawa Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no zu)


「徳かわ時代 貴婦人の図」
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1896–97 (Meiji 29–30)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 70.6 cm (14 x 27 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.51.93-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Coats, Chikanobu (2006), pls. 207-11 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionTriptych: RES.51.93 (left), RES.51.94 (center), RES.51.95 (right)
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu (on center sheet)
楊洲周延
Provenance1951, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.