Autumn Moon of the Mirror, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Autumn Moon of the Mirror, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

Autumn Moon of the Mirror, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

坐鋪八景　鏡台の秋月

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; 27.8 x 20.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4605

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #123; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #512.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 214

DescriptionSecond state, without signature and seal.

MFA impressions: 11.19441 (second state), 21.4423 (first state), 21.4605 (second state), 21.4424 (second state)

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Ernest F. Fenollosa; August 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.