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

三十六歌仙　「中納言家持」

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; 25.9 x 18.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.494

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #196; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.4, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 38

DescriptionNo. 5 in the series; second state, without the poem.

MFA impressions: 06.494, 11.17125

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross