SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1724-1770)

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Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
Chidori no Tamagawa [Plovers of the Crystal River], from an untitled Mu Tamagawa [Six Crystal Rivers] series, depicting a young man pulling in a fishing net from a river at night while plovers fly overhead, signed Harunobu, with a poem by Noin Hoshi, fine impression with blind printing, very good colours and condition
Chuban tate-e: 28.7 x 21.5cm.

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Lot Essay

For another impression of this rare design see Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection, Sotheby's London, Part II, 26 March 1975, Lot 51, for another impression in colour but with a more limited palette than the one offered here, see Collection Huguette Bères, Estampes, Dessins et Livres Illustrés Japonais, Sotheby's Paris, 27 November 2002, Lot 13.

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