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Center Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui chû): The Style of Modern Mansions (Imayô yashiki fû)

Center Sheet of a Triptych (Sanpukutsui chû): The Style of Modern Mansions (Imayô yashiki fû)

Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)

Iseya Kinbei (Japanese)

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

DimensionsHosoban; 29.2 x 15.4 cm (11 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession numberRES.49.36

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Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA.

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