Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Title: The Salt Maiden
Date: Not set
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Saturday, 2 July 2005 The Salt Maiden Artist: Harunobu Format: Chuban tate-e: 8.25" x 5.5" Subject: Against a steely gray ground a study of Matsukaze, one of the 'brine' maidens, carrying her pails. Her name is inscribed on the title label of an inset picture of a book. Date: 1770s Condition: Some rubbing and creasing and wear, with a few areas touched in along the crease-mark. Signs of a previous mounting, verso. Generally fair state for a print of this period. Colour: Good with some fading Impression: Good Other Notes: Rare. Not illustrated in Yoshida, Hillier nor in Ukiyo-e Taikei.