Sunset Glow of the Maple-leaf Seller (Momiji-uri no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Dances in the Modern Style (Imayô odori hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Sunset Glow of the Maple-leaf Seller (Momiji-uri no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Dances in the Modern Style (Imayô odori hakkei)

Sunset Glow of the Maple-leaf Seller (Momiji-uri no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Dances in the Modern Style (Imayô odori hakkei)

「風流おどり八景　紅葉売の夕照」

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; 22.3 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4527

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #418; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #221.1, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 353

Signed Harunobu ga
春信画

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Kenkichi Hirakawa; March 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.