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見立三夕 「西行法師」
Poem by Saigyô Hôshi, from an untitled series of Three Evening Poems (Sanseki)
見立三夕 「西行法師」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766–67 (Meiwa 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 29 x 21.3 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.348
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #66; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #162; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #337.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 236; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #30
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; center sheet: 11.19455.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Saigyô: Kokoro naki/ mi ni mo aware wa/ shirarekeri/ shigi tatsu sawa no/ aki no yûgure
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)