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Couple Walking at Night


夜更け(柳下の男女)
Naka Kuninobu (Japanese, active about 1764–1789)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–75 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 68.5 x 12 cm (26 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5705
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #645; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 619; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #258; Ukiyo-e taisei 4 (1930), #186
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21233 (first state), 21.5705 (first state), 21.5706 (second state, with heads replaced)
Signed Kuninobu ga
国信画
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.