triptych print

A triptych print combining multiple subjects or panels in Chikanobu's characteristic large-format style — the triple-panel format allowing for the panoramic compositions appropriate to court ceremonies, battle scenes, crowd events, and famous-place imagery that formed the core of his professional output. Even without fuller subject identification, the triptych format itself signals the work's ambition: Chikanobu used it for his most important and elaborate subjects, where a single panel's limitations were insufficient for the scene he wished to depict.