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蚊帳の外で文を読む女
Woman Standing beside a Mosquito Net Reading a Letter
蚊帳の外で文を読む女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 65.7 x 12.1 cm (25 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4570
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #537; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #802, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 426; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #177
DescriptionFirst state, showing roof of mosquito net.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
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.