Introductory Meeting (Miai), sheet 1 of the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), known as the Marriage series

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Introductory Meeting (Miai), sheet 1 of the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), known as the Marriage series

婚礼錦貞女車　一　見合い

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769 (Meiwa 6)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 20.9 x 28.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4452

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #420; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #217.4, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 393;Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 100, #161

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

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.