Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) | Young couple with auspicious New Year dream symbols: Mount Fuji, falcon, and aubergine | Edo period, 18th century

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Description

woodblock print, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga (Pictured by Suzuki Harunobu), circa 1768-69; with collector’s seal Berès to verso

Vertical chuban: 27.9 x 20.8 cm., 11 by 8⅛ in.

Huguette Berès (1913-1999)

The haiku poem inscribed in the cloud cartouche has been translated as:

A year of plenty –

does snow still linger on you,

Mount Fuji in spring?

Honen no

yuki wa suru ka ya

Fuji no haru

A similar impression of the same print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.19512, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/211943

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