Edo prints
| Design: | Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) | ||||
| Title: | A story of love on the veranda | ||||
| Size: | 26.2 x 20.8 cm (chūban) | ||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | |||||
| Photography: | Theo Janssen |
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Originally published in 1767.
Artist’s signature in right print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 鈴 | suzu | bell | |
| 木 | ki | wood | |
| 春 | haru | spring | Picture by |
| 信 | shin | faith | Suzuki |
| 画 | ga | picture | Harunobu |
References
- Chiba City Museum of Art (2002). Suzuki Harunobu. Chiba: Chiba City Museum of Art and Hagi Uragami Museum
- Tadashi Kobayashi (1997). Ukiyo-e. An introduction to Japanese woodblock prints. Tokyo: Kodansha International
Provenance: Ross Walker’s Ohmi Gallery