HARUNOBU: chuban tate- (28.8 x 21.7cm.); Osen at the Kagiya tea stall at Kasamori Inari shrine serving Ofuji of Moto-yanagi-ya with a cup of tea, Ofuji at the same time offering Osen a packet of toothbrushes, signed Harunobu ga--very good impression, slightly soiled and toned, minor restorations in lower right and upper left corner

Details

HARUNOBU: chuban tate- (28.8 x 21.7cm.); Osen at the Kagiya tea stall at Kasamori Inari shrine serving Ofuji of Moto-yanagi-ya with a cup of tea, Ofuji at the same time offering Osen a packet of toothbrushes, signed Harunobu ga--very good impression, slightly soiled and toned, minor restorations in lower right and upper left corner

Lot Essay

For another impression see: Jack Hillier Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, Vol. I (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976), no. 140, p. 143