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Suzuki Harunobu

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The theme of a beauty in the snow was favored by Harunobu, the innovator of multicolor "brocade" prints (nishiki-e). A narrow vertical frame captures the arresting image of a pensive woman standing in quietly falling snow.

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922