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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2632
People
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Japanese (1725-1770)
Title
THE SMUGGLED LETTER
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, circa 1765-1770
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 28.6 cm x W. 21.1 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2632
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 052; p. 91 (entry pp. 183-184)

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