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蹴鞠に興じる男 （見立源氏物語、桐壺）
Young Man Playing Football, representing the Kiritsubo chapter of The Tale of Genji
蹴鞠に興じる男 （見立源氏物語、桐壺）
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.4 x 21 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4381
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nakamachi, "Genji Pictures," in Envisioning the Tale of Genji (2008), fig. 38; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #351; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #287, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 320
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Yûyami wa/ michi tadotadoshi/ tsuki machite/ kaere waga seko/ sono ma ni mo min
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.