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The Eighth Month (Hachigatsu), from an untitled series of Twelve Months

The Eighth Month (Hachigatsu), from an untitled series of Twelve Months

十二ヶ月　（年中行事の内）　八月　月見

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

1770 (Meiwa 7)

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

Dimensions Left half of half-hosoban; 14.5 x 8.6 cm (5 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4519

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #500; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #259.4, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 533

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20199 (uncut), 21.4519 (left half), 21.4520 (right half)

Signed (this picture unsigned)

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.