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HARUNOBU (1724-1770): chuban (27.8 x 21cm.); a scene in a tea house, with a gentleman leaving a room, a courtesan at his feet touching his sleeve and looking up at him, her eyes pleading with him to stay, in the background through the shoji sliding doors can be seen the outline of a courtesan about to refill the sake cup of her guest, signed Harunobu ga--fine impression, slight fading, some soiling, partly backed
Literature
Reproduced in Ukiyo-e shuka, (Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1981), vol. XIV, p. 54