SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)

Rei (Decorum)

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SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Rei (Decorum)
Woodblock print, from the series Gojo (The five virtues), signed Harunobu ga, published in 1767
Vertical chuban: 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. (27.2 x 20.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A bride is being assisted to put on an uchikake over her wedding kimono beside a large standing screen (tsuitate) decorated with a large karashishi. The same print is in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, object no. A-10569_1252; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 42.564.

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