Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki) from the Tale of the Soga Brothers – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki) from the Tale of the Soga Brothers

Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki) from the Tale of the Soga Brothers

見立曽我物語　（草摺引）

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; 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4470

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #224; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #369, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 121

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.