Lot 331
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HARUNOBU: chuban (25.8 x 18.7cm.); a young fan seller standing by his portable stall, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--good impression, faded, slightly soiled, some minor worm holes restored, some retouching around contours of figure
HARUNOBU: chuban (25.8 x 18.7cm.); a young fan seller standing by his portable stall, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--good impression, faded, slightly soiled, some minor worm holes restored, some retouching around contours of figure

Details
HARUNOBU: chuban (25.8 x 18.7cm.); a young fan seller standing by his portable stall, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--good impression, faded, slightly soiled, some minor worm holes restored, some retouching around contours of figure
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa

Lot Essay

There appear to be two states of this print, with and without a scalloped cloud line above the figure. For other impressions see Yoshida, Harunobu zenshu (Tokyo: Takamizawa Mokuhansha, 1942), no. 267; and David B. Waterhouse, Bosuton bujutsukan/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, supplemental vol. 1, Harunobu, in Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1982), pl. 37 (with cloud line above figure) and pl. 244 (without cloud line) (both Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).