Picture Book: The Brocade of Spring, vol. 2, 1771, Suzuki Harunobu; Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei; Carver: Endō Matsugorō; Author: Preface by Hekigyokudō, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, 8 7/16 x 6 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( x x cm); chūbon, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, A few months after Harunobu’s death, the two-volume Picture Book: The Brocade of Spring was published, offering poems alongside illustrations of prostitutes. Harunobu must have completed his illustrations in time for the book before his passing

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