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Sunset Glow of the Lamp, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)


坐鋪八景 あんたうの夕照
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766 (Meiwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.5 x 21.1 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4413
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #129; Haft, Aesthetic Strategies (2013), fig. 70; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #512.5.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 219
DescriptionSecond state, without signature and seal of Kyosen, but with Harunobu signature added.
MFA impressions: 11.20212 (third state), 21.4413 (second state)
Signed Harunobu ga
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.