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Lot Essay
Harunobu was influenced by Okumura Masanobu. Like Masanobu, he called himself a Yamato-e shi (traditional Japanese painter). The Masanobu hanging scroll in this print, signed Hogetsudo Tanchosai Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu sehitsu is Harunobu's tribute to the artist.
For other impressions see David B. Waterhouse, Bosuton bijutsukan/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, supplemental vol. 2, Harunobu II of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1983), pl. 334; Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Harunobu, Nihon no bijutsu 228 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1985), no. 134; Kobayashi Tadashi, Harunobu, vol. 2 of Ukiyo-e taikei (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), fig. p. 88.
Another impression was sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March, 1977, lot 49.
For other impressions see David B. Waterhouse, Bosuton bijutsukan/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, supplemental vol. 2, Harunobu II of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1983), pl. 334; Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Harunobu, Nihon no bijutsu 228 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1985), no. 134; Kobayashi Tadashi, Harunobu, vol. 2 of Ukiyo-e taikei (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), fig. p. 88.
Another impression was sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March, 1977, lot 49.