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

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

三十六歌仙　「紀貫之」

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; 28.6 x 21.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4449

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #195; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #296.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 113; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 117, #190

DescriptionNo. 2 in the series

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Sakura chiru/ ko no shita kaze wa/ samukarade/ sora ni shirarenu/ yuki zo furikeru

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.