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SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770) SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Ofuji of Motoyanagiya the Tooth Brush Shop Young man hiding under umbrella in snow
with a Female Customer Woodblock print, signed Harunobu ga

Woodblock print Vertical chuban: 11º x 8¡ in. (28.6 x 21.3 cm.)
Vertical chuban: 11¿ x 8¡ in. (28.3 x 21.3 cm.) $30,000-40,000
$15,000-25,000
The picture alludes to the sad story of ninth-century poet darkness, rain or snow. The story ends tragically as
Another impression in the collection of the Museum Ono no Komachi and her lover Fukakusa-no-Shosho Fukakusa froze to death in deep snow with his mission
of Fine Arts Boston (21.4461). (General Fukakusa). Komachi demanded Fukakusa of unfinished on the very last night. The same print is
one hundred night-long visits on a platform which was in the collection of th Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
used for tying up ox-drawn carriages. He dutifully came accession no. 21.4393.
on foot to visit her every night, regardless of absolute