Woman Riding a Flying Crane

白い鶴に乗って空を飛ぶ女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Designer: Teichô (Japanese, active 1765)
Blockcutter: Morishita Richô (Japanese, active 1765–66)
Printer: Ogawa Hatchô (Japanese, active 1765–66)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 20.8 x 27.8 cm (8 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.482

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #050; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 1 (1982), pl. 16; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 123

DescriptionThe first state, with calendrical information on the scroll.

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

Marks Designer: Teichô saku
Blockcutter: Morishita Richô chô
Printer: Ogawa Hatchô shô

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross