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Courtesans of the Three Cities: Edo, Right Sheet of Triptych; Kyoto, Center Sheet of Triptych; Osaka, Left Sheet of Triptych


「右三幅対 江戸 中三幅対 京都 左三幅対 大阪」
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1720s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Uncut hosoban triptych; 32.4 x 47.7 cm (12 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7192
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), pls. 135-7 (WAM); Ukiyo-e taisei 2 (1931), #104
Signed Gakô Torii Kiyomasu hitsu (on right and left designs)
画工 鳥居清倍筆
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 239); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.