HARUNOBU: chuban (27.4 x 21 in. ); the teahouse beauty Osen at the Kagiya teahouse at the gate of the Kasamori shrine offering a cup of tea to the rival beauty Ofuji, who in turn offers Osen a wrapper of toothbrushes from her father's shop Motoyanagi, signed Harunobu ga- very good impression, slightly faded and soiled toward corners, lower corners rubbed

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HARUNOBU: chuban (27.4 x 21 in. ); the teahouse beauty Osen at the Kagiya teahouse at the gate of the Kasamori shrine offering a cup of tea to the rival beauty Ofuji, who in turn offers Osen a wrapper of toothbrushes from her father's shop Motoyanagi, signed Harunobu ga- very good impression, slightly faded and soiled toward corners, lower corners rubbed
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa
Henri Vever, sold Messrs. Sotheby's, London, March 26, 1974, lot 59