A man clutches a long piece of cloth held by the standing woman beside him; she has her hand on a hairpin, likely about to remove it. A crane in flight is depicted behind the women on a screen. The only recorded joint work with Buncho.
Artist(s): Suzuki, Harunobu (1725-1770), Ippitsusai, Buncho (1725-1794).
Title: Yatsushi kusazuribiki (Transformed armor pulling incident)
Date: 1769 c.
Format: Chuban Nishikie, woodblock printed on paper.
 
10'' x 9 3.4''
 
Faded, slightly trimmed, unusually rare as the only collaboration between Buncho and Harunobu. If you look at the faces the man's face is a "Buncho" face, the women's, Harunobu.
 
For only other impression found by us, see Library of Congress; LC-DIG-JPD-02266)