Courtesans of the Three Cities, a Triptych (Sanpukutsui): Edo (top), Osaka (right), Kyoto (left)

「三幅対」三都の遊女　江戸、大阪、京

Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.8 x 15.8 cm (12 15/16 x 6 1/4 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—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.246

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Unsigned
無款

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)