Set of Three, Love Birds in Three Kinds of Music (Sampukutsui hiyoku no san kyoku)
Nishimura Shigenaga
c. 1748
Medium
Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e
Dimensions
32.1 × 45.1 cm (12 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19425
About the Artist
Nishimura Shigenaga · 1690–1758
Nishimura Shigenaga (c. 1697–1756) was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), where he initially worked as a landlord in the Tōriabura-chō district before relocating to Kanda-Sakumachō to operate a bookshop. Self-taught with no known formal teacher, he immersed himself in art around 1719, drawing early inspiration from the Torii school's yakusha-e (actor portraits...