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梅見美人 （初音）
Young Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night
梅見美人 （初音）
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4647
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #267; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #578, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 286
DescriptionOther versions of the print have a light sky and a warbler in the plum tree.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
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.