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A Caged Bird and a Love Letter


鳥籠を持つ男女
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.9 x 20.1 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4625
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #274; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #565, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 60
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.