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見立黄石公･張良
Parody of the Nô Play Chôryô
見立黄石公･張良
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766 (Meiwa 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 28 x 41.4 cm (11 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7172-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #155-6; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #371.1-2, and supp. 1 (1982), pls. 33-4; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #36
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7172 (left), 21.7173 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.1979 (left sheet only), 21.7172-3 (complete diptych)
MFA impressions: 11.1979 (left sheet only), 21.7172-3 (complete diptych)
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga (on left sheet)
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.