Suzuki Harunobu (circa 1725-1770). <i> Courtesan playing Shakuhachi</i>. Page from: <i>Ehon Seiro Bijin Awase</i> ( <i>Picture Book of comparative beauties of teahouses</i>). Each portrait of a courtesan is accompanied by a haiku poem written in calligraphy (form of the poem: 17 syllables in three segments 5-7-5). Color printing <i> Nishiki-e</i>, format <i>koban </i> (12-15 x 9-11 cm.), signed : Harunobu ga, 1770. Former collection: Siegler, 1955 acquisition. Print Collections of the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, presented in the exhibition: Harunobu, un poète du féminin.
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