Lovers on Musashi Plain, from the series Once a Man... (Mukashi otoko), based on Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

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Lovers on Musashi Plain, from the series Once a Man... (Mukashi otoko), based on Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

「むかし男」　武蔵野に逃れた男女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Publisher: Enamiya (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1762–64 (Hôreki 12–Meiwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (mizu-e); color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 28.3 x 13.8 cm (11 1/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4590

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #025; Matsuba, "Engeki no Ise monogatari...," in Ukiyo-e geijuitsu 165 (2008), p. 65. fig. 18; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #18, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 75

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Musashino wa/ kyô wa na yaki so/ wakakusa no/ tsuma mo komoreri/ ware mo komoreri

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.