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Courtesans of the Ôgiya: Hanaôgi and Takigawa (R), Takihime and Takihashi (C), Hashidate (L)


「扇屋内 花扇 滝川」 「扇屋内 滝ひめ 滝はし」 「扇屋内 橋たて」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795 (Kansei 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.3 x 75.4 cm (15 1/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7389-91
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #II-28
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7389 (left), 21.7390 (center), 21.7391 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.13613 (right sheet only), 21.6962 (center sheet only), 21.7389-91 (complete triptych)
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.