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本を読むお仙と手伝いの少女
Osen and an Assistant Reading a Novelette
本を読むお仙と手伝いの少女
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 67.6 x 13 cm (26 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #581; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #809, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 445; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #205; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 153, #256
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.