Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Women at the Seashore with Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki, from an untitled set of poems from the Thirty-six Immortal Poets , ca. 1766-67
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Women at the Seashore with Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki, from an untitled set of poems from the Thirty-six Immortal Poets , ca. 1766-67 Woodcut mitate-e (allusive picture) of two women at the seashore, one holding her hat in the high wind and looking at what her maid points to offshore, the wind, rock and waves representing the imagery in the poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki (d. around 1000) in the cloud cartouche above, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--very good impression, waves rendered by gauffrage, very good color, good condition chuban tate-e : 10 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (26.6 x 20.7cm.) The poem reads: Kaze o itami iwa utsu nami no onore nomi kudakete mono o omou koro kana Driven by the wind waves break into spray on a rock-- alone I suffer as my heart and contentment smash into pieces.
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Women at the Seashore with Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki, from an untitled set of poems from the Thirty-six Immortal Poets , ca. 1766-67
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Women at the Seashore with Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki, from an untitled set of poems from the Thirty-six Immortal Poets , ca. 1766-67 Woodcut mitate-e (allusive picture) of two women at the seashore, one holding her hat in the high wind and looking at what her maid points to offshore, the wind, rock and waves representing the imagery in the poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki (d. around 1000) in the cloud cartouche above, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--very good impression, waves rendered by gauffrage, very good color, good condition chuban tate-e : 10 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (26.6 x 20.7cm.) The poem reads: Kaze o itami iwa utsu nami no onore nomi kudakete mono o omou koro kana Driven by the wind waves break into spray on a rock-- alone I suffer as my heart and contentment smash into pieces.
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