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Right half of No. 17 from the erotic series The Amorous Adventures of Mane'emon (Fûryû enshoku Mane'emon)


「まねへもん」 風流艶色真似ゑもん 十七
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 Half of horizontal chûban sheet; 20.8 x 14.7 cm (8 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4652
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #444; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 400
DescriptionHalf of an erotic print.

MFA impressions: 21.4652 (right half only), RES.09.318.17 (complete print)
Signed Harunobu ga (added later)
Marks Collectors' seals: Hayashi Tadamasa; Wakai Kenzaburô
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.