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見立三夕 「寂蓮法師」
Poem by Jakuren Hôshi, from an untitled series of Three Evening Poems (Sanseki)
見立三夕 「寂蓮法師」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766–67 (Meiwa 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.8 x 20.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19455
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #67; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #163; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #337.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 102; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #31
DescriptionCenter sheet of an incomplete triptych; right sheet: 34.348.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Jakuren: Sabishisa wa/ sono iro to shi mo/ nakarikeri/ maki tatsu yama no/ aki no yûgure
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.