The New Pillow and the First Blossoming of the Plum (Nii-makura, hatsu kaibai), from the series On Flowers of the Fashionable Floating World (Fûryû ukiyo hana ni yosu)

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The New Pillow and the First Blossoming of the Plum (Nii-makura, hatsu kaibai), from the series On Flowers of the Fashionable Floating World (Fûryû ukiyo hana ni yosu)

「風流浮世寄花　新枕　初開梅」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1770 (Meiwa 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.6 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4509

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #075; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #485; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 326

DescriptionNo other impression is known.

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Sode fureba/ iro made utsure/ kurenai no/ hatsuhana some ni/ sakeru umegae

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#616); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.