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「浮世美人寄花 南の方 松坂屋内野風 藤」
Wisteria: Nokaze of the Matsuzakaya in the Southern Direction (Minami no kata Matsuzakaya uchi Nokaze, fuji), from the series Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin yosebana)
「浮世美人寄花 南の方 松坂屋内野風 藤」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.4 x 20.8 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19504
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #480; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #262.4, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 524
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19504, 11.19507
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Kimi ga yo no/ matsu ni kakareru/ fuji nareba/ chitabi sakubeki/ hana ka to zo omou
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.