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見立玉虫 屋島の合戦
Parody of Lady Tamamushi at the Battle of Yashima
見立玉虫 屋島の合戦
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766–67
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.7 x 21.7 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Ellen Starkey Bates
Accession Number28.195
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kobayashi, Harunobu taizen (2023), #025; MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #56; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #153; Chiba 2002, #84 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #377.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 4
DescriptionLeft half of incomplete diptych.
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
Provenance1928, bequest of Miss Ellen Starkey Bates to the MFA. (Accession date: March 1,1928)