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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; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—MFA Chinese Expedition, 1923-24
Accession NumberRES.54.187.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.

From an album: RES.54.187.1-.38

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 makasete Kunisada ga
好まかせて 国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「おらかあねさん三人こさる」「一り姉さんたいこか上手」