SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Lot 106

SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

Two waitresses of the Eiraku-an restaurant

Closed22 September 2020

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SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Two waitresses of the Eiraku-an restaurant
Woodblock print, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga, published circa 1769
Vertical chuban: 11 x 8 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm.)

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Two waitresses stop for a brief conversation, both wearing red aprons and striped obi, and one holds a sake kettle in her hand. They stand beside a sign which reads Eiraku-an/ Kyoto Gion Niken-jaya, demise 'Eiraku-an: branch of the Tea-house of the Two Eaves, Gion, Kyoto'.
The same print is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 34.342.