Shinto Priestess (Miko) Dancing at a Shrine

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Shinto Priestess (Miko) Dancing at a Shrine

巫女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1766 (Meiwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.3 x 20.1 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4433

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #012; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #104; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #201.1, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 22; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #58

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4433 (with calendar marks), 21.4434 (later, without calendar marks)

Calendrical numbers for 1766 (Meiwa 3) are concealed in the bells.

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Seal: Kôun

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.