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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; 27.7 x 20.8 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number42.564
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #96; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #187; Chiba 2002, #167 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #290.3, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 250
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.464, 21.4975, 28.190, 42.564
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
Marks Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
InscriptionsPoem: Kimi o omoi/ oya ni kô ari/ ikari naku/ reigi o tsukusu/ hito zo tanoshiki
Provenance1942, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1942)