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Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)

Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)

琴棋書画　「琴」

Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Forgery of: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1770–71 (Meiwa 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 20.9 x 28.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4999

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #601; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 589

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Yamakaze no/ samuki asage ni/ mine tôku/ ikutsura suginu/ aki no karigane

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.