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Making the Rooster Drunk to Prevent His Crowing at Dawn

Making the Rooster Drunk to Prevent His Crowing at Dawn

鶏に酒を呑ます男女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.1 x 20 cm (11 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4382

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #276; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #592, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 291

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#359); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.