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Parody of the Muken no Kane Scene in the Play Hiragana Seisuiki: Woman Standing on a Veranda outside a Room with a Party


見立平仮名盛衰記 (縁先美人)
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 20.9 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4529
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #131; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #225; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #431, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 122
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
ProvenanceMarch 1915, 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.