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女を背負って走る若侍 （見立芥川）
Couple Eloping; Parody of the Akuta River Episode in Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)
女を背負って走る若侍 （見立芥川）
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; 27.5 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #395; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #357, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 493
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1117, 21.4486
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.