Object number2024.42

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira

Portfolio/SeriesFrom the series Six Famous Poets

Datec. 1764

Artist Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725 - 1770)

CultureJapanese

MediumColor woodblock print (mizu-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsImage: 12 x 5 7/8 in. (30.5 x 14.9 cm)
Matted: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Suzette Morton Davidson, class of 1934, Fund

Period18th c (Edo period)

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, lower left, artist's signature in block: 鈴木春信画 (Suzuki Harunobu ga)

InscribedOn recto, upper right, poem written in ocher cartouche printed in block: おほかたは　月をもめでじ　これぞこの　積もれば人の　老いとなるもの (Most people do not look at the moon with each [moon’s] piling up it marks a person’s old age) [by Ariwara no Nahira]

MarkingsOn recto, lower center, publisher's seal in block: 本 (Hon)

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