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楼上縁側文読み美人 （秘文）
Young Woman Reading a Letter by Lantern Light
楼上縁側文読み美人 （秘文）
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; 27.6 x 20.2 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4409
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #226; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #591, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 267
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19468, 21.4409
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.