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Young Woman Concealing a Letter from a Young Man


男客から文を隠す美人 (隠し文)
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.4 x 21.3 cm (11 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4408
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #257; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #452, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 54
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.4408, 21.4626
Signed Harunobu ga (on sliding door)
春信画
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#265); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.