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Lot 50. WHISPERED CONFIDENCE
Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Two girls seated on the engawa of a house. One of them is whispering in the ear of her companion. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga. Fine impression. In good condition. About 1768. Purchaser: Mr. Richmond Price: $155.00 |
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Lot 51. THE PENSIVE MAID
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Young woman seated in a pensive attitude on the veranda of Kiyomizu temple, in Kyoto. Chuban. Not signed. Fine impression. In perfect condition. About 1765. Purchaser: Frederick W. Gookin Price: $130.00 |
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Lot 52. KOYA NO TAMAGAWA
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A girl seated on the floor of a room with a picture before her of the so-called Poisoned Tama river in the province of Kii, which is reflected in a diminishing and reversing mirror, turns from it to listen to a youth dressed almost like a woman, who…
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Lot 53. TSUBAKI. CAMELLIA
Image is an example from the British Museum SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young woman seated on the edge of a veranda is placing a red petal of a camellia blossom on the forehead of a young boy who stands by her side. Within the house at the left the child’s mother…
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Lot 54. THE TREASURE CHILD
A poorly-scanned image is in the Frederic May sale catalog SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young mother dressed in summer garments of gauze through which the outlines of her figure appear, holding up her infant son and showing him to a girl standing before her. Chuban, Signed: Suzuki Harunobu ga. Fine impression.…
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Lot 55. NAKA CHO NO YUTERU
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) The Evening Glow in Naka Street. An oiran standing on a veranda and giving instructions to her kamuro. Series: Furyu Ukiyo Hakkei. Eight stylish Ukiyo-e Views. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga. About 1767. Purchaser: Kano Oshima Price: $55.00 |
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Lot 56. THE INQUISITIVE KAMURO
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A kamuro seated by a hibachi reading a love letter addressed to her mistress is detected by the latter, and also by the writer of the letter who is just entering the room through the portiere. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga. Late impression. In good condition. About 1767. Purchaser:…
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Lot 57. THE WATER WHEEL AT YODO CASTER
KITAO SHIGEMASA (B. 1739, d. 1819 A boat with several passengers sailing on the Yodo river by a walled bank where the current of the stream is turning a great undershot water-wheel. Mizu-e or “waterprint” in beni, buff, blue, and pearl gray. Hoso-e. Signed: Kitao Shigemasa ga. About 1764. Purchaser: Joseph L. Lilienthal Price: $15.00…
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Lot 58. ONO NO TOFU AND THE FROG
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KITAO SHIGEMASA (B. 1739, d. 1819 The noble stands under an umbrella in a shower, on the bank of a narrow stream, watching a frog that tried a hundred times before it at last succeeded in catching a worm on a willow branch that hung…
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Lot 59. A WAITRESS OF THE HAYASHI-YA TEA-HOUSE
KITAO SHIGEMASA (B. 1739, d. 1819 Hoso-e. Signed: Kitao Shigemasa ga. About 1769. Purchaser: Henry L. Phillips Price: $27.50 |