Couple at a Kotatsu Reading a Letter

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Couple at a Kotatsu Reading a Letter

炬燵で文を読む男女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4596

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), p. 105; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #057; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #173.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 170

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.462 (fourth state, without calendrical information), 21.4596 (second state, with calendrical information)

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Unidentified seal

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.