triptych print
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Source:
- British Museum
A [triptych](/glossary/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.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
triptych print was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
triptych print depicts figures and bijin-ga.
