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ほととぎすを見る鍵屋お仙
Osen Looking Up at a Cuckoo
ほととぎすを見る鍵屋お仙
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 68.1 x 12.1 cm (26 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4547
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #551; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #808, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 560; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #183
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21230, 21.4547
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
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.