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Parody of the Nô Play Hachi no Ki

Parody of the Nô Play Hachi no Ki

雪の日に鉢の梅を切る女　（見立鉢木）

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1765 (Meiwa 2)?

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.8 x 21.1 cm (9 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4597

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #076; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #189.2, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 91

DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete diptych. Probably the second state of a calendar print, with the calendar prints removed.
MFA impressions: 06.1208, 11.2303, 21.4597

Signed Unsigned
無款

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.