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Suzuki Harunobu
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The Kagura Dance - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Call of the Cuckoo from above the Clouds - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Fidelity (Shin), from the series Five Cardinal Virtues - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Night Rain of Genjo - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Young Horseman - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Young Woman at a Loom - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Kogo no Tsubone and Minamoto no Nakakuni - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Lantern Shop - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Clearing Breeze from a Fan - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Three Poems from the Later Collection of Japanese Poems (Gosen wakashū) - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Watchers and the Watched - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Third Month (Sangatsu) - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Egrets in the Snow - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Throwing the Shuttle - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Heron Maiden - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Beauty Admiring a Bush Warbler Singing in a Plum Tree - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Hotei, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Love Letter - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Ebisu, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Benzaiten, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Tachibanaya Hikoso - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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The Jewel River of Plovers - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Empress Jito (Jito Tenno) - Suzuki HarunobuPrint · Framed
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Artist Biography
Suzuki Harunobu
Suzuki Harunobu did not start his career with the full palette of colours for which he is now known. His early work consisted of simple two-colour prints and mizu-e, or water pictures, which used coloured key blocks instead of black to create a pale appearance. His transition occurred in 1765 when he collaborated with private poetry clubs to produce egoyomi, which were pictorial calendars. These commissions allowed him to use the expensive pigments and heavy paper that defined nishiki-e, or brocade pictures.
Harunobu moved away from the stiff portraits of kabuki actors common in his era. He preferred to depict young women in their daily lives, often using an elevated viewpoint to look into private spaces. His series Zashiki hakkei, or Eight Parlour Views, provides a clear example of his method. He took classical Chinese themes and reimagined them as domestic scenes. A temple bell might become a chiming clock. A distant storm is represented by a woman drying herself after a bath.
Modern collectors value these prints for their quiet atmosphere and precise compositions. Harunobu avoided the aggressive energy of later ukiyo-e artists. He chose instead to focus on slender figures and soft colour harmonies. His work captures specific moments of leisure, such as playing cat's cradle or walking by the shore. These scenes offer a calm window into eighteenth-century Japan. They remain popular because they balance historical detail with a clean, graphic sensibility that suits contemporary interiors.
Harunobu moved away from the stiff portraits of kabuki actors common in his era. He preferred to depict young women in their daily lives, often using an elevated viewpoint to look into private spaces. His series Zashiki hakkei, or Eight Parlour Views, provides a clear example of his method. He took classical Chinese themes and reimagined them as domestic scenes. A temple bell might become a chiming clock. A distant storm is represented by a woman drying herself after a bath.
Modern collectors value these prints for their quiet atmosphere and precise compositions. Harunobu avoided the aggressive energy of later ukiyo-e artists. He chose instead to focus on slender figures and soft colour harmonies. His work captures specific moments of leisure, such as playing cat's cradle or walking by the shore. These scenes offer a calm window into eighteenth-century Japan. They remain popular because they balance historical detail with a clean, graphic sensibility that suits contemporary interiors.
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