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「風俗四季歌仙 五月雨」
Rains of the Fifth Month (Samidare), from the series Popular Customs and the Poetic Immortals in the Four Seasons (Fûzoku shiki kasen)
「風俗四季歌仙 五月雨」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.6 x 20.2 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4464
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #100; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #330; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #320.13, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 466
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Furisusabu/ todae wa aredo/ samidare no/ kumo wa harema mo/ mienu sora kana
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.