Poem by Ôtomo no Kuronushi, from an untitled series of the Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

六歌仙　「大友黒主」

Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Forgery of: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1770–71 (Meiwa 7–8)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.2 x 19.6 cm (10 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.1990

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #596; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 586

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem by Kuronishi: Kagamiyama/ iza tachiyorite/ mite yukan/ toshi henuru mi wa/ oi ya shinuru to