Live Auction 19017Japanese and Korean Art
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Lot 103

SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

Kagiya Osen serving a young samurai in a black hood

Closed22 September 2020

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SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Kagiya Osen serving a young samurai in a black hood
Woodblock print, signed Harunobu ga, published circa 1768-69
Vertical chuban: 11 ¼ x 8 3/8 in. (28.9 x 21.3 cm.)

Specialist note

The samurai sits in a relaxed pose as Osen brings him a cup of tea from her tea-stall at the Kasamori Inari Shrine at Yanaka - indicated by the torii and cedar tree. See David Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade, (The Netherlands, 2013), p. 225.