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Courtesans of the Sanomatsuya, in Edo-machi Nichôme in the New Yoshiwara: Matsushima, kamuro Wakashi and Sankichi (R); Ume III (C); and Kichô, kamuro Komiyo and Kotono (L)


「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 松島」「わかし」「さんきち」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 三代目 梅」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 喜蝶」「こみよ」「ことの」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 77.6 cm (14 9/16 x 30 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.417a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)