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Woman Standing in an Open Door


障子を開けて外を見る女
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; 28.2 x 18.1 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4988
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #061; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #118.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 88
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4986, 21.4988
Both are the third state, with designer's signature and calendar marks removed. This design is sometimes considered to be the right sheet of a diptych illustrating the Izutsu episode of Tales of Ise, with 21.4968 as the left sheet.
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.