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垣根の内にうずくまる男
Man Hiding behind Fence
垣根の内にうずくまる男
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.2 x 19.9 cm (10 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4968
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #041; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #118.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 81
DescriptionA calendar for 1765, with numbers concealed in the pattern of the trousers.
Possibly the left sheet of an incomplete diptych, with 21.4986/21.4988 as the right sheet, and/or a reference to an episode in the Tales of Ise.
Possibly the left sheet of an incomplete diptych, with 21.4986/21.4988 as the right sheet, and/or a reference to an episode in the Tales of Ise.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
Marks
Blockcutter: Takahashi Rosen chô
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.