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百人一首のうち 「持統天皇」
Poem by Jitô Tennô, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu)
百人一首のうち 「持統天皇」
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 x 20.9 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4392
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #110; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #216; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #318.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 43; Yoshida, Harunobu zenshû (1942), #334
DescriptionNo. 2 in the series.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Jitô Tennô: Haru sugite/ natsu kinikerashi/ shirotae no/ koromo hosu cho/ ama no Kaguyama
持統天皇 春過て 夏きにけらし 白たへの 衣ほすてふ 天のかく山
持統天皇 春過て 夏きにけらし 白たへの 衣ほすてふ 天のかく山
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#232); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.