Attributed to Shiba Kkan (1747-1818), also called Suzuki Harushige Two young women and women and a child in front of a gunpowder store, Ca. 1770-1771 Format chban, 27,6x19,6cm Nishiki-e print, ink and polychrome on paper representing a young woman accompanying a child accompanying a child to his mother to his mother so that she can give him the breast, we can see that the scene is in front of a store whose sign indicates a the sign indicates a merchant of cosmetic powder. At the top is a poem in waka style: Oshi nabete Yowa Haru naraji Asahi kage nodo Keki natsu ni Kasumi tanabiku It seems around That everywhere spring is coming to an end In the morning light of a serene summer Floats the mist This print signed Harunobu is attributed to his pupil Shiba Kkan who during his career and after the death of his master Suzuki Harunobu made prints in the same style, we can even say by imitating him, that he signed Harunobu then Harushige. His style is slightly different from that of his master in the way he executed the young women, whose bodies are more slender, but also in the calligraphy of the signature. For a similar model see Clarence Buckingham Collection, Art Institute Chicago. Good overall condition, some wear and stains, probably slightly cut. Provenance: Jeannette Ostier Gallery