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文読み遊女と居眠る禿
Kamuro Dozing and Courtesan Reading a Letter
文読み遊女と居眠る禿
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; 27.1 x 21.2 cm (10 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4398
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #245; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #415, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 52
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; April 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.