The central figure in Ukiyoé and the eminent master under whose hand the art of colour-printing was brought to perfection in the sixties of the eighteenth century. He was a draughtsman of extreme elegance and power, and his works have a charm that is peculiarly their own. He died on July 7, 1770, when, says Shiba Kokan in his book “Kokan Kokai-ki,” he “had hardly passed his fortieth year.” LENT BY SAMUAL ISHAM. 49 Girl attendant in an archery gallery gathering up arrows. One sheet of a diptych. 50 A young woman showing a caged bird to a young man seated before her, and surreptitiously taking a love letter from him. 51 A vendor of fan mounts stopping to talk to a young woman standing in front of a shop. _ 52 Hashira-yé._ Woman writing a love letter. _ 53 Hashira-yé._ Woman holding a pet dog. 54 Burlesque scene. Girls carrying Daikoku (the genius of wealth—one of the “Seven Fortune-beings”). LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD. 55 Girls carrying Daikoku. A later impression with different colouring. 56 An archer and two girls near a screen. Calendar for 1765. 57 Young woman before a torii, carrying a hammer and nails with which to perform an incantation. 58 Two young women on their way to the public bath-house through a storm of snow and rain. 59 Two girls on a terrace near a torii, in the time of the cherry-blossoming. 60 Two girls gathering mume flowers from a tree overhanging a wall. 61 Woman reading a letter by the light of an andon (portable lamp with wind screen) which another woman is trimming. 62 Geisha and a young girl standing on the bank near the rapids of the Tamagawa. 63 Young woman seated in a window, conversing with another young woman seated on the floor and holding a picture-book. 64 Young man removing snow from the geta of a young woman. 65 Woman lying upon the floor of a room, reading a book, and another woman standing beside her, holding a pipe. 66 Young woman seated on a veranda after her bath, having her back massaged by her maid. 67 Young man talking to a girl through the bars of a window. 68 A burlesque apparition of Fugen. Instead of the Buddhist divinity, a young woman seated on an elephant appears on a cloud before a priest kneeling in prayer. 69 Lovers walking in the snow under an umbrella. One of Harunobu’s most distinguished prints. LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED. 70 The Sleeping Elder Sister. First state. Early impression signed by the printer, Kyosen. LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD. 71 The Sleeping Elder Sister. Second state. Changes made in the blocks and colouring. LENT BY A COLLECTOR. 72 The Sleeping Elder Sister. Still later impression. Colouring changed again, and the number of blocks increased from ten to thirteen. LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.