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Lantern Vender


燈籠売り
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Blockcutter: Sekine Kaei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.4 x 18.3 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #064; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #166.1, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 174
DescriptionRight sheet of an incomplete diptych. Designs on the lanterns symbolize the long months.
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
Marks Blockcutter: Sekine Kaei shi
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.