SUZUKI YASUNOBU (fl. late 1760s), chuban tate-e, 26.4 x 19.3cm., abuna-e, a flirtatious young couple, signed Mokushosai Suzuki Yasunobu ga, good impression, slightly faded, small restorations, minute holes, a vertical fold mark, the collector Samuel Tuke's seal beneath the artist's signature and a collector's seal on the reverse

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SUZUKI YASUNOBU (fl. late 1760s), chuban tate-e, 26.4 x 19.3cm., abuna-e, a flirtatious young couple, signed Mokushosai Suzuki Yasunobu ga, good impression, slightly faded, small restorations, minute holes, a vertical fold mark, the collector Samuel Tuke's seal beneath the artist's signature and a collector's seal on the reverse

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This artist must have been one of Harunobu's pupils and his works are rarely seen. The print signed Mokushosai, one of his art names, depicting cranes and courtesans, formerly of W. Amstutz collection, is illustrated in Ukiyo-e shuka, Vol. 14, Tokyo, 1985

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