Poem by Jakuren Hôshi, from a triptych of Three Evening Poems (Sanseki) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Poem by Jakuren Hôshi, from a triptych of Three Evening Poems (Sanseki)

Poem by Jakuren Hôshi, from a triptych of Three Evening Poems (Sanseki)

見立三夕　寂蓮法師

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; 26.8 x 20.9 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4981

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #070; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #125.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 179

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & C0.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.