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Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Kiyomori

清盛の前で舞う仏御前

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chuban; 22.8 x 32.2 cm (9 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4601

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #011; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #037; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #183.1, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 11

DescriptionCalendrical information for 1765 is concealed in the border of the background screen and in the obi of the dancer.

Signed Kyosen kô
巨川工

Marks Seal: Kyosen no in

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.