No. 20 from the series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fûryû enshoku Mane'emon) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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No. 20 from the series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fûryû enshoku Mane'emon)

No. 20 from the series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fûryû enshoku Mane'emon)

風流艶色真似ゑもん　「まねへもん　廿」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 20.6 x 28 cm (8 1/8 x 11 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4511

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #447; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 509

DescriptionA revamped erotic print with the genitalia removed.

MFA impressions: 21.4511 (altered), RES.09.318.18 (unaltered)

Signed Unsigned
無款

InscriptionsHokku Poem: Moe-izuru/ haru no tegiwa ya/ haya-warabi

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.