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風流五色墨 「素丸」
Poem by Somaru, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fûryû goshiki-zumi)
風流五色墨 「素丸」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768 (Meiwa 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chuban; 28.2 x 20.9 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22149
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #325; Haft, Aesthetic Strategies (2013), fig. 95 (this impr.); Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #80; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #324.5, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 319
DescriptionMFA impressions of prints in the series: 21.8179 (title page), 21.4441 (Chôsui), 11.19452 (Sôzui), 21.4972 (Shiseki), 21.4440 and 11.22149 (Somaru)
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Somaru: Toshi wasure/ zatô hitori no/ Asahiyama
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.