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「三人娘」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Three Girls (Sannin musume)
「三人娘」
Japanese
Edo period
1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; about 38.1 × 76.2 cm (15 × 30 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15683-5
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: *11.15683 (right), *11.15684 (center), *11.15685 (left)
MFA 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)
MFA 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
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
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」
「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」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.