Sparrow Shell (Suzumegai), from an untitled series of Shells

貝つくし　「すずめ貝」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769 (Meiwa 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 20.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund in memory of Marjorie K. Hussey

Accession Number61.599

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #408; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #276.2

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

InscriptionsPoem: Nami yosuru/ take no tomari no/ suzumegai/ ureshiki yo ni mo/ ainikeru kana