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松千歳の契り
The Pine Tree Is a Pledge of a Thousand Years (Matsu wa senzai no chigiri)
松千歳の契り
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.5 x 21.2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #79; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #390; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #299, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 489; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #499
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4447, 34.352
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Utsushiuete/ shimeyû yado no/ hime komatsu/ iku chiyo fubeki/ kozue naruran
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)