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Actor Sawamura Kinzô, Left Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)


「三幅対 左 沢村金蔵」
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 15.3 cm (12 3/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1017
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0512
DescriptionIn early hosoban triptychs, "left" and "right" often (but not always) mean "proper left" and "proper right," that is, right and left respectively as seen by the viewer.
Signed Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross