Risshu (First day of autumm), from the series Fuzoku shiki kasen (Customs of daily life with poems of the four seasons)

Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Risshu (First day of autumm), from the series Fuzoku shiki kasen (Customs of daily life with poems of the four seasons) Courtesan in an interior by a terrace with a festival decoration putting on an underrobe, helped by her kamuro, cloud on top with a poem, the robe and hanging ornament enhanced with embossing, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga--very good impression slightly faded, soiled and rubbed, small stains, faint creases chuban tate-e: 27.8 x 20.8cm.