Suzuki Harunobu
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Lot 37. KAYOI KOMACHI
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young woman, a modern representative of Ono No Komachi, standing on the veranda of a house. Ode above and a small picture of the real Komachi. Mizu-e or “water print.” Hoso-e. Signed: Harunobu ga. Much faded. About…
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Lot 38. THE SECOND SEGAWA KIKUNOJO IN THE ROLE OF UMEGAE
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Ichimura theatre, Edo, second month Horeki 14 (1764). Printed in beni, blue, yellow and black. Hoso-e. Signed: Suzuki Harunobu hitsu. Published by Tsurushin. About 1764. Purchaser: Frederick W. Gookin Price: $20.00 |
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Lot 39. KASUI NO TSUKI
Image is an example from the Philadelphia Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Moonlight on the lake. A modern analogue of Murasaki Shikibu writing the Genji Monogatari at Ishiyama dera on Lake Biwa. Hoso-e. Signed: Harunobu ga. Fine impression. In good condition. About 1767. Purchaser: G. E. Fuller Price: $47.50 |
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Lot 40. WHITE HERONS AND SNOW-LADEN BAMBOO ON A RIVER BANK
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Chuban. Not signed. Much faded and in poor condition. Purchaser: Mary Ainsworth Price: $17.50 |
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Lot 41. A WOMAN STANDING IN A PARLOR
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) One end of her partly tied obi is held between her teeth while she turns to look at bush clover in bloom in the garden. Above is a poem by Minamoto Nobuaki Ason. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga.…
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Lot 42. THREE GENERATIONS
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young mother seated before a mirror, combing her hair. Behind her, her infant son is held in the arms of his grand mother. One of a Rok-ka-sen, Six Famous Poets, series. Ode by Otomo no Kuronushi…
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Lot 43. SAIGYO HOSHI PRAYING TO A BIJIN FUGEN
Image is an example from the Honolulu Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) This subject is an Ukiyo-e pleasantry, a Japanese oiran being substituted for the Dhyani Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, known in Japan as Fugen. She appears to the priest in a vision, seated on a white elephant. Chuban. Signed: Harunobu ga.…
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Lot 44. GOING TO THE PUBLIC BATH HOUSE
Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) Two young women walking under a yellow umbrella in a storm of snow and rain. Chuban. Signed: Suzuki Harunobu ga. In very good condition. About 1766. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $400.00 |
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Lot 45. HANGING THE KAKEMONO
Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A young woman standing in a parlor before the tokonoma, preparing to hang up a kakemono, turns to look at a kitten that has caught hold of her obi. Chuban. Not signed. Fine impression. In good condition. About…
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Lot 46. CHINESE PAINTING VERSUS UKIYO-E
Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SUZUKI HARUNOBU (B. about 1730, d. 1770) A Chinese noble standing in a Chinese boat, holding up a painting of orchids, and a Japanese girl in a Japanese boat holding up a pillar print by Harunobu, mounted as a kakemono. Comic ode on a conventional…
