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「賎の女の歌」
The Peasant Girl's Poem (Shizunome no uta)
「賎の女の歌」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1764–65 (Meiwa 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (mizu-e); color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #022; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #6, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 155
DescriptionRefers to the story of Ôta Dôkan and the branch of yamabuki.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Nanae yae/ hana wa sakedomo/ yamabuki no/ mi no hitotsu dani/ naki zo kana shiki
Provenance1913, acquired by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.