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Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse Playing with a Kitten

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse Playing with a Kitten

猫をじゃらすお仙

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769 (Meiwa 6)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.2 x 12.1 cm (27 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4543

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #580; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #788, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 574

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

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.