Poem by Somaru, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fûryû goshiki-zumi)

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Poem by Somaru, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fûryû goshiki-zumi)

風流五色墨　「素丸」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1768 (Meiwa 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.7 x 20.9 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4440

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #324; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #80; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #324.5, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 144

DescriptionMFA impressions of prints in the series: 21.8179 (title page), 21.4441 (Chôsui), 11.19452 (Sôzui), 21.4972 (Shiseki), 21.4440 and 11.22149 (Somaru)

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem by Somaru: Toshi wasure/ zatô hitori no/ Asahiyama

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#290); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.