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

三十六歌仙　「源重之」

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; 27.7 x 20.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1120

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #206; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.19.1, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 260

DescriptionNo. 22 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.1120, 21.4535

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Kaze o itami/ iwa utsu nami no/ onore no mi/ kudakete mono o/ omou koro kana

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross