Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Torii Kiyohiro

Title

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality)

Date

1750–1760

Medium

Hand-colored woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, urushi-e

Dimensions

38.8 × 53.1 cm (15 1/4 × 20 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.1992

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