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Lovers' Parting Embrace through a Mosquito Net


きぬぎぬの別れ (蚊帳の内外)
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; 28.4 x 21.1 cm (11 3/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4502
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #236; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #463, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 125
DescriptionSecond state, with heads replaced.
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, 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.