Decorum (Rei), from the series The Five Virtues (Gojô)

五常　「礼」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1767 (Meiwa 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27 x 20.6 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Miss Ellen Starkey Bates

Accession Number28.190

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #189; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #290.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 252

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.464, 21.4975, 28.190, 42.564

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Kimi o omoi/ oya ni kô ari/ ikari naku/ reigi o tsukusu/ hito zo tanoshiki

Provenance1928, bequest of Miss Ellen Starkey Bates to the MFA. (Accession date: March 1,1928)