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Young Man Playing the Shakuhachi


尺八を吹く若衆
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 67.7 x 11.4 cm (26 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.480
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #548; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #757, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 557
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.480 (first state), 11.21231 (second state), 21.4536 (fourth state, probably with revamped colors), 21.4677 (first state)
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross