Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)

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Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998) was a well-known Swiss travel-writer, novelist, photographer, picture researcher and philosopher. His first published work L'Usage du Monde, chronicling his travels in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan appeared in 1963, and was followed by Japon in 1967, Chronique Japonaise in 1975, Le Poisson-scorpion (his only novel) in 1982, and Journal d'Aran et d'Autres Lieux in 1990, and many other works of a far-ranging nature.

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Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
Ofuji of the Yanagiya tea-house catches the eye of a young samurai, signed Harunobu ga, collector's seal Hamilton Easter Field
Chuban

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Nicolas Bouvier

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Lot Essay

For another impression of this rare design in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts see www.mfa.org, accession number 11.13408

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