SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770) Edo period (1615-1868), late 1760sSUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)Edo period (1615-1868), late 1760sA chuban tate-e woodblock print of a geisha climbing the stairway to the upper storey of a house, turning to address her attendant, standing with a shamisen; with collectors' seals of Hayashi Tadamasa and Henri Vever; unsigned. 28.1cm X 21.4cm (11 1/16in x 8 7/16in).Provenance:Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) Collection.Henri Vever (1854-1942) Collection.Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March 1977, lot 35.Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Prints and Illustrated Books, 13 December 1990, lot 453. Christie's, New York, 23 March 2011, lot 904. Exhibited: Ukiyoe meisaku 300 senten 300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection, shown at the following venues:Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 4-15 January 1975.Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 6-18 February 1975.Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 21-26 April 1975.Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fashion Plates: Kimono in Japanese Prints, 25 September-8 December 1992.Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Max Palevsky Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints, 8 February-15 May 2001.