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The Brine Maidens Matsukaze and Murasame on Suma Beach


浜辺に立つ松風と村雨
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4651
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #476; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #342, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 404
DescriptionA later version of this design, by Kiyonaga: 11.19345.
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Wakuraba ni/ tou hito araba/ Suma no ura ni/ moshio taretsutsu/ wabu to kotae yo
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.