Parody of the Nô Play Chôryô

見立黄石公･張良

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1766 (Meiwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.6 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.1979

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #157; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #37.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 233

DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.1979 (left sheet only), 21.7172-3 (complete diptych)

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画