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花 「闇夜梅」 女の袖を引く男
Plum Blossoms on a Dark Night (Yamiyo no ume), from an untitled series of Flowers
花 「闇夜梅」 女の袖を引く男
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769 (Meiwa 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27 x 21 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4648
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #414; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #317.2, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 322
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Tsukikage wa/ sore to mo miezu/ kasumu yo no/ sode mo sayaka ni/ niou ume ga ka
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.