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Two Women in Conversation

Two Women in Conversation

語り合う二人の女

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1766 (Meiwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.2 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4607

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #109; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #197.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 97

DescriptionSecond state of a calendar print for 1766 (Meiwa 3), with the calender marks removed.
MFA impressions: 11.13387, 21.4607

Signed Unsigned
無款

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.