Admiring a Picture of a Dandy by Okumura Masanobu , 1768

Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Admiring a Picture of a Dandy by Okumura Masanobu, 1768 Woodcut of a courtesan seated smoking a pipe and looking at a scroll held by her kamuro of a young man-about-town (wakashu) with a lantern, signed Harunobu ga, Masanobu scroll inscribed Hogetsudo Tanchosai Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shohitsu (Genuine brush of Hogetsudo Tanchosai Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu)--very good impression, some pigment slightly faded though there is prevalent purple pigment, slight smudging lower left, lightly backed, glue residue on verso chuban tate-e: 10 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (27 x 20.6cm.)