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Bush Clover (Hagi), from an untitled series of Flowers


花 「萩」 流れのほとりの二美人
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; 27.5 x 19.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4991
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #415; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #317.7, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 503; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 133, #217
Signed Harunobu ga
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Sarade dani/ kokoro o karuru/ hagi ga e ni/ tsuyu mo ada naru/ aki no yûgure
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.