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Woman Painting Bamboo


うきふし (墨絵を描く女)
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.9 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4445
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #464; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #265, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 517
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.487, 11.19523, 21.4445
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Kuretake no/ ukifushi shigeku/ narinikeri/ sanomi wa ni mo to/ omoishi mono wo
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#81); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.