Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1865) Triptych of prints, oban tate-e, from the series Tatsumi hakkei no uchi (辰巳八景ノ内), Eight views of Tatsumi, Yagurashita no Mukai plates (矢蔵舌の六貝 「櫓下の迎い」, Mukai de Yagurashita. Signed Kōchōrō Kunisada ga. Publisher Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō). Censor's stamp kiwame (stains). Size: each 38.1 x 25.8 cm This triptych comes from a series of triptychs depicting beauties in places around Tatsumi's pleasure district in Fukagawa, Edo. Each triptych is titled in the form of a rebus indicating the exact location and the name of a well-known woman in the district. The title of this triptych reads "arrow, warehouse, tongue" and "six shells", which can be read phonetically as Yagurashita Mukai, referring to a woman named Mukai in the Yagurashita district, near the Hachiman temple in Fukagawa.