Fidelity (Shin), with Murasaki Shikibu and (Translation)
Five Cardinal Virtues (Series Title)
五常 信 紫式部と和歌 (Primary Title)
((not entered))

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Japanese, 1724 - 1770 (Artist)

ca. 1767
Japanese
Prints
Works On Paper
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 5/16 in. (28.26 × 21.11 cm)
Image: 10 3/4 × 8 3/16 in. (27.31 × 20.8 cm)
2017.6
Not on view
Edo period (1615-1868)
春信画 Harunobu ga
None
Inscribed upper right: 悲をしりて 善をミちびく 心こそ まことの信と いふべかりけり (To be aware of benevolence and to lead the way toward goodness: this is true fidelity. Trans. Scholten Japanese Art, 2016)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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