Poem by Saigû Nyôgo, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals (Sanjûrokkasen)

三十六歌仙　「斎宮女御」

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; 24.1 x 18.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.468

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #203; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.16, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 259

DescriptionNo. 17 in the series.
Waterhouse: "The poem by Princess Saigû, above a stylized cloud line has been cut off this specimen."

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross