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近江八景 「三井寺晩鐘」 （左）
Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple (Mii-dera banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
近江八景 「三井寺晩鐘」 （左）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770 (Meiwa 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Left half of half-hosoban; 14.8 x 8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4517
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #507; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #254.1, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 540
DescriptionRight half of sheet: 21.4516; left half of sheet: 21.4517.
Signed
(this picture unsigned)
無款
無款
InscriptionsPoem: Omou sono/ akatsuki chigiru/ hajime zo to/ matsu kiku Mii no/ iriai no kane
おもふその あかつき契る はじめぞと まつきくみゐの 入相のかね
おもふその あかつき契る はじめぞと まつきくみゐの 入相のかね
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.