Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)

Interrupting courtesans reading a letter

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Interrupting courtesans reading a letter
Woodcut; a young man enters an interior through parted curtains to find a courtesan standing over a seated assistant who is rapt in a letter next to a brazier, signed Harunobu ga--good impression, purple pigment slightly faded, light soil
11 x 8¼in. (28 x 21.2cm.)

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