Page 118 - Christies Japanese and Korean Art Sept 22 2020 NYC

Selection From An Important Japanese Collection
(lot 102–127)

106
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¿ in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm.)
$6,000-8,000

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.

107
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Rei (Decorum)
Woodblock print, from the series Gojo (The five virtues), signed
Harunobu ga, published in 1767
Vertical chuban: 10æ x 8º in. (27.2 x 20.9 cm.)
$8,000-12,000

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.