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花 「水仙花」 炬燵で向き合う男女
Narcissus (Suisenka), from an untitled series of Flowers
花 「水仙花」 炬燵で向き合う男女
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769 (Meiwa 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.5 x 21.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19513
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #82; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #413; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #34; Ukiyo-e shuka 4 (1979), list #317.5, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 352; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #503
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Hana sugata/ shimo ni sharetaru/ suisen wa/ ha sae hitonechi/ hito wo nasumasu
水仙化
花姿 霜にしゃれたる 水仙は 葉さへひとねち 人をなすます
水仙化
花姿 霜にしゃれたる 水仙は 葉さへひとねち 人をなすます
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.