Poem by Fujiwara no Kiyomasa, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals (Sanjûrokkasen)

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Poem by Fujiwara no Kiyomasa, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals (Sanjûrokkasen)

三十六歌仙　「藤原清正」

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; 28.8 x 21.6 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4429

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #210; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.22, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 41

DescriptionNo. 27 in the series.

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem by Kiyomasa: Ama-tsu-kaze/ Fukehi no ura ni/ iru tazu no / nado ka kumoi ni/ kaerazarubeki

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.