Parody of the Yûgao Chapter of the Tale of Genji

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Parody of the Yûgao Chapter of the Tale of Genji

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Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1766 (Meiwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 24.5 x 37.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.348-9

ON VIEW
Japanese Prints Gallery (Gallery 278A)

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #098-9; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #28; Chiba 2002, #88 (Honolulu); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #186-3 (as "Mitate Ôta Dôkan"), and supp. 1 (1982), pls. 93-4; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 26, #44 (L only)

DescriptionDiptych: 54.348 (left), 54.349 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.4969 (left sheet only), 54.348-9 (complete diptych)

Signed Unsigned
無款

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)