The Birth of the First Child (Uizan), sheet 7 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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The Birth of the First Child (Uizan), sheet 7 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　七　初産

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; 22 x 28.6 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4458

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #430; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #666.7, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 399; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 102, #167

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.