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Suzuki Harunobu

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Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a child beside a white parrot on a branch near a screen.

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Edo period (1615-1868), 1751/64

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono looking up at a cuckoo flying under a crescent moon beside a red stai

The Call of the Cuckoo from above the Clouds (parody of Minamoto no Yorimasa)

c. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a woman pulling a flower cart with a child on her back and a tall floral arrangement.

Pulling a Flower Cart

c. 1765/70

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at night, with figures under umbrellas walking past rice paddies beyond.

Evening Rain at Nihonzutsumi (Nihonzutsumi no yau), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a plum tree, with a framed inset of farmers harvesting rice.

Benevolence (Jin), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

1767

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior with a folding screen, a low table and a red lion mask.

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

1767

Woodblock print of women and a child practicing calligraphy at a writing table in a room with a shoji screen.

Knowledge (Chi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

1767

Color woodblock print of a woman writing on a veranda beside a river with fishermen in a boat and red maple leaves.

Fidelity (Shin), from the series Five Cardinal Virtues

1767

Woodblock print of two women in a room, one playing a shamisen and one kneeling by a lacquer box, with a poem cloud above.

The Moon (Tsuki), from the series "Fashionable Scenes of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Furyu setsugekka)"

c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of two women at a well curb with a bucket and rope, plum blossoms, and a verse cartouche above.

First Love (Hatsu koi), a parody of the well-curb episode of the "Tales of Ise"

c. 1766/67

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono adjusting her hair while riding a grey ox along a sandy shore.

Courtesan Riding an Ox

c. 1766

Woodblock print of a woman, a man with a sword, and a child beside a pink fence under blossoming plum branches.

A Spring Outing

c. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reading a letter beneath a pink-edged mosquito net, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Woman Standing beside a Mosquito Net Reading a Letter

c. 1768/69

Vertical woodblock print of a swirling thunder god above a web, with a courtesan in patterned kimono on a veranda below.

The Smitten Thunder God Delivering a Love Letter to a Courtesan

c. 1767/68

Woodblock print: a fierce figure on a cliff holds a dangling child above a woman in striped robes combing her hair by a strea

Shoki in Love

c. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red kimono holding yellow flowers beside a thatched house in the rain.

Young Woman Holding a Kerria Branch (parody of Ota Dokan)

c. 1764/65

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono with papers blowing in wind, a demon above dark waves.

An Inauspicious Day

c.1769

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reaching to pick plum blossoms beside a wooden fence.

Picking a Plum Branch

c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and fan walking beside a boy carrying a hobby horse, in striped robes.

Boy on Hobby Horse Followed by Woman Holding Umbrella

c. 1768/69

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man in striped kimono holding a fishing net and sword beside reeds and water.

Young Man with Fishing Pole and Net

c. 1769

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono on a veranda beside blooming irises, with a wind bell and flower vase.

Summer, from the series "New Versions of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shinpan furyu shiki no hana)"

c. 1767

Woodblock print of a couple sharing an umbrella under a snowy willow tree, the woman in white and the man in black.

Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow

c. 1767

Three women in kimono play poem cards on a pink mat in a room with shoji screens, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Young Women Playing Poem Cards

c. 1766/67

Japanese woodblock print of two women seated at a shop with hair ornaments on display, willow curtain, and a rooster below.

Ofuji, the Shop Girl of the Motoyanagiya, with a Customer

c. 1769

Three women in kimono wade through a rippling river beside a bank of yellow flowers, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Jewel River at Ide, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

c. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a horse on a shore, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and the sea behind them.

Rokende man en vrouw te paard

1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman smoking a pipe beside a crawling infant, with a sleeping couple behind green netting.

Liefdespaar en kind

1768

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a stream with blossoms, with calligraphy at upper left.

Ide no Tamagawa: Yamashiro no meisho (The Crystal River at Ide: a famous spot in Yamashiro), from the series Fuzuko m…

1769

Color woodblock print of a seated courtesan in an orange and green kimono with gilded hair combs, with calligraphy beside her

The Courtesan Hatsuito

1770

Woodblock print of a reclining woman in a checkered kimono with a figure peeking behind a fan in an interior room.

Daikoku taking a peek

1767

Woodblock print of a bearded foreign man on a horse lighting his pipe from a stableboy's pipe, with calligraphy.

Foreign gentleman and stableboy exchanging a light with their pipes

1761

Woodblock print of a woman on a veranda gazing up at a hanging birdcage, with a potted plant and screen beside her.

Listening to the cricket on the veranda

1768