Courtesan of the Motoya Looking at the Face of a Komusô Reflected in Water

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Courtesan of the Motoya Looking at the Face of a Komusô Reflected in Water

水に映った虚無僧の顔を見るもと屋の遊女

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 Vertical chûban; 28.6 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4989

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #458; Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 96, fig. 64; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #621, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 356

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

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.