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「近江八景 粟津晴嵐」
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), first state, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
「近江八景 粟津晴嵐」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
earlier 1760s (Horeki 9~)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (mizu-e); color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.3 x 13.7 cm (11 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1197
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #028; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #65.7, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 159
DescriptionThe series is known in four states:
1) mizu-e (color only, no key block), signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 06.1197 (Awazu), 21.4581 (Karasaki)
2) with key block added, signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 21.4588 (Awazu), 21.4586 (Seta), 21.4585 (Mii), 21.4582 (Karasaki), 21.4583 (Hira), 21.4584 (Ishiyama)
3) with a new key block, unsigned, publisher Okumura
MFA impressions: 21.4587 (Yabase), 21.4589 (Katada)
4) same as 3 but in ink only
1) mizu-e (color only, no key block), signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 06.1197 (Awazu), 21.4581 (Karasaki)
2) with key block added, signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 21.4588 (Awazu), 21.4586 (Seta), 21.4585 (Mii), 21.4582 (Karasaki), 21.4583 (Hira), 21.4584 (Ishiyama)
3) with a new key block, unsigned, publisher Okumura
MFA impressions: 21.4587 (Yabase), 21.4589 (Katada)
4) same as 3 but in ink only
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Kumo harau/ arashi ni tsurete/ momo fune no/ chi fune mo nami no/ Awazu ni zo yoru
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross