Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals (Sanjûrokkasen)

三十六歌仙　「藤原興風」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.5 x 20.5 cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.731

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #209; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.24, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 118

DescriptionNo. 25 in the series.

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem by Okikaze: Tare wo ka mo/ shiru hito ni sen/Takasago no/ matsu mo mukashi no/ tomo naranaku ni

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross