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夜更け（柳下の男女）
Couple Walking at Night, second state
夜更け（柳下の男女）
Naka Kuninobu (Japanese, active about 1764–1789)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 69 x 12 cm (27 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5706
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #647; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 621; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #258; Ukiyo-e taisei 4 (1930), #186 (first state)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21233 (first state), 21.5705 (first state), 21.5706 (second state, with heads replaced)
Signed
Kuninobu ga
国信画
国信画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased 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.