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Poem by Koshikibu no Naishi, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu)


百人一首のうち 「小式部内侍」
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; 27.3 x 20.1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4534
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #221; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #318.14, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 120
DescriptionNo. 60 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.19488, 21.4534
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Koshikibu: Ôeyama/ Ikuno no michi no/ tôkereba/ mada fumi mo mizu/ Amanohashidate
ProvenanceApril 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Kirby; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.