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Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki yau), second state, from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景之内 唐崎夜雨」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
earlier 1760s (Horeki 9~)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.9 x 14 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4582
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #033; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #65.8, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 162
DescriptionThe series is known in four states:
1) mizu-e (color only, no key block), signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 06.1197 (Awazu), 21.4581 (Karasaki)
2) with key block added, signed, publisher Iwatoya
MFA impressions: 21.4588 (Awazu), 21.4586 (Seta), 21.4585 (Mii), 21.4582 (Karasaki), 21.4583 (Hira), 21.4584 (Ishiyama)
3) with a new key block, unsigned, publisher Okumura
MFA impressions: 21.4587 (Yabase), 21.4589 (Katada)
4) same as 3 but in ink only
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Yoru no ame ni/ oto o yuzurite/ yûkaze o/ yoso ni na tatsuru/ Karasaki no matsu
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.