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Sankyoku Ensemble: Women Playing Koto, Shamisen, and Kokyû

(Japanese, active about 1765–1770)
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–12)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 28.5 x 21.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19487
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Young Woman Dreaming of the Heron Maiden
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1771 (Meiwa 8)
Couple Playing Shôgi, Watched by Girl with Love Letter
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–12)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1765–69 (Meiwa 2–7)
Chinese Boys and Crane
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1765–69 (Meiwa 2–7)
Sankyoku Ensemble: Women Playing Koto, Shamisen, and Kokyû
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–12)
Young Man Viewing Mt. Fuji (Parody of Saigyô Hôshi?)
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1765–69 (Meiwa 2–7)
The Third Month (Yayoi), from an untitled series of Twelve Months
Komai Yoshinobu
about 1765–69 (Meiwa 2–7)
Komai Yoshinobu
about Meiwa era (1764–72) ?