Fox Woman Looking through a Round Window at Her True Face Reflected in Water

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Fox Woman Looking through a Round Window at Her True Face Reflected in Water

丸窓から顔を水に映す女　（見立葛の葉）

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Designer: Seiha (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sekine Kaei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.9 x 19.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4987

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #065; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #122, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 175

DescriptionThe falling willow leaves form the numbers of the long months.

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

Marks Designer: Seiha kô
Blockcutter: Sekine Kaei shi

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.