Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)

Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Color woodcut: a couple enjoying autumn grasses in a garden on a veranda, the woman holding a pipe, a caged bird visible in the open interior, an allusion to the autumn-theme poem above by Kiyohara Motosuke, from a series on the Thirty-six Immortal Poets (Sanjurokkasen), signed Harunobu ga--faded, stained and soiled chuban tate-e: 11 x 8 1/8in. (27.9 x 20.6cm.)