SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725–1770)FUJIWARA NO MOTOZANE EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY | POEM BY FUJIWARA NO MOTOZANE, FROM THE SERIES THIRTY-SIX POETS, EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1767–68

woodblock print, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu), signed Harunobu ga, circa 1767–68 vertical chuban:

- Good impression. - Good colour. - Good condition. - There is a slight paper restoration to the top right and the top left corner. - There is a slight crease on the right-hand side just above her hand.
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For an impression in the British Museum, accession number 1910,0614,0.4, go to: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspx
And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JP873, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection