Asakusa no seiran (Clearing sky, Asakusa), from the series Furyu Edo hakkei (Eight fashionable views of Edo)
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Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770) Asakusa no seiran (Clearing sky, Asakusa), from the series Furyu Edo hakkei (Eight fashionable views of Edo)
Ofuji and a young samurai seated on a platform, smoking pipes, at the toothpick shop Yanagiya, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--very good impression, good color, trimmed left and bottom, soiled, stained, laid down chuban tate-e: 27 x 20.8cm.
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Carl Schraubstadter
Lot Essay
For another example see Chiba City Museum of Art and Hagi Uragami Museum, Suzuki Harunobu (Chiba City: Chiba City Museum of Art and Hagi Uragami Museum, 2002), pl. 262.