Online Auction 13380From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints from 18th to 20th Century
Suzuki Harunobu (1724 - 1770)
Lot 11From a Private English Collection

Suzuki Harunobu (1724 - 1770)

Evening Glow of the Lamp

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Suzuki Harunobu (1724 - 1770)
Evening Glow of the Lamp
Evening Glow of the Lamp (Andon no sekisho), a shunga design from the series Furyu zashiki hakkei (Eight Fashionable Views of Interiors)

Unsigned, 1768
Horizontal chuban (19 x 25.8cm.)

Henri Vever (Sold Sotheby's London, 26th March 1974, Lot 67)

Specialist note

In this scene an angry-looking pregnant wife carrying a lantern discovers her husband making love to another woman, probably a housemaid.

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