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Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu — An amorous couple beside a cat | Edo period, 18th century
Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu

An amorous couple beside a cat | Edo period, 18th century

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, this 18th-century woodblock print depicts an amorous couple beside a cat in an interior setting with luxury furnishings and cultural objects. Published around the late 1760s during the Edo period, the work exemplifies shunga (erotic art) traditions in Japanese printmaking. The composition includes sophisticated details such as a folding screen and printed book, reflecting the domestic pleasures depicted.

Medium
woodblock print, depicting an amorous couple and a piebald cat, the couple beside a kotatsu with a woodblock-printed book of shunga left open on top, a sumi-e folding screen with magpie and tree peony, published circa late 1760s

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Fine Japanese Prints

December 6, 2021

Estimate: $1,500$2,000

Lot 3

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Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, An amorous couple beside a cat | Edo period, 18th century

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, this 18th-century woodblock print depicts an amorous couple beside a cat in an interior setting with luxury furnishings and cultural objects. Published around the late 1760s during the Edo period, the work exemplifies shunga (erotic art) traditions in Japanese printmaking. The composition includes sophisticated details such as a folding screen and printed book, reflecting the domestic pleasures depicted.

Medium
woodblock print, depicting an amorous couple and a piebald cat, the couple beside a kotatsu with a woodblock-printed book of shunga left open on top, a sumi-e folding screen with magpie and tree peony, published circa late 1760s
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Related themes

Japanese, Traditional, Erotic, Domestic, Edo Period, Narrative, Woodblock Print, Couple, Colorful, Figurative

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