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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
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