Righteousness, from The Five Virtues
1767
Suzuki Harunobu
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770)
Japanese Art
Righteousness, from The Five Virtues, 1767. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770). Color woodblock print; overall: 36.6 x 21.6 cm (14 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.307 The artist's signature is on the door painted with a mandarin drake in a snowy scene.
- Maker/Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.6 x 21.6 cm (14 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 鈴木春信画 Translation: Artist's signature: Suzuki Harunobu ga Inscription: Nanigoto mo/ Mi o herikudari/ Ri o wakachi/ Itsuwari naki o/ Gi towa iu beki Translation: Be humble in all things,/ Follow reason and do not deceive;/ That is righteousness. Remark: Poem in the cartouche in the upper right corner
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.307
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235, <em>Japanese Gallery 113 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10–June 23, 1998).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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