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Risshun (The beginning of Spring), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Risshun (The beginning of Spring), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, J...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Three girls playing utagaruta (the game of poem cards)

Three girls playing utagaruta (the game of poem cards)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

The duet, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

The duet, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women seated in a parlor by a bamboo stand overwhich an overcoat has been thrown, thus forming a sort of kotatsu.  One of the women holds an incense burner.  In the background is a go table

Two women seated in a parlor by a bamboo stand overwhich an overcoat h...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A woman holding up a demon mask to amuse her small son who sits upon the floor before her

A woman holding up a demon mask to amuse her small son who sits upon t...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women in a pleasure boat. One of the women is pointing to some ducks swimming in the river near the further bank

Two women in a pleasure boat. One of the women is pointing to some duc...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Bokushoku Hakurin ni Sokaijo (Viewing black color on the blue ocean)

Bokushoku Hakurin ni Sokaijo (Viewing black color on the blue ocean)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two boys rolling a large snowball.  A woman standing behind one of them adjusting his clothing.  In the background a straw fence  and snow-laden bamboo branches

Two boys rolling a large snowball. A woman standing behind one of the...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Burning the love letter, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Burning the love letter, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Ueno no Bansho (The evening bell at Ueno)

Ueno no Bansho (The evening bell at Ueno)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Breezy day by the sea shore. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

Breezy day by the sea shore. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hana (Flower), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hana (Flower), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hana (Flower), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hana (Flower), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Tsuki (Moon), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Tsuki (Moon), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young man raising a girl upon his shoulders to dislodge a shuttlecock that has caught upon a bamboo branch, and another girl looking on

A young man raising a girl upon his shoulders to dislodge a shuttlecoc...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Samidare (The fifth month, rain), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Samidare (The fifth month, rain), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Ja...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A girl and young boy under a cherry tree looking up and admiring the blossoms.  Behind them a wind curtain used by picnic parties

A girl and young boy under a cherry tree looking up and admiring the b...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A girl visiting a chrysanthemum show

A girl visiting a chrysanthemum show

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Rei (Politeness). ( A maid taking off the outer garments of a bride)

Rei (Politeness). ( A maid taking off the outer garments of a bride)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Washing day (A woman washing clothes in a large tub)

Washing day (A woman washing clothes in a large tub)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hotei at the ford, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hotei at the ford, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

An oiran standing in a room looking down upon a small boy who has fallen asleep, his head upon his arms which are folded across a mill for grinding ceremonial tea.  Through an open doorway thre is a glimpse of a garden.  The wheel of a court wagon  indicates that the subject of the print is an analogue of a scene in the life of Prince Genji

An oiran standing in a room looking down upon a small boy who has fall...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman holding a cage containing a canary, and sitting on the floor before her a young man who is slipping a love letter under the cage.  In the background a branch of an uma tree in bloom appears through the black arch of an open window

A young woman holding a cage containing a canary, and sitting on the f...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Benkei, the renowned henchman of Minamoto no Yoshitsune standing on Gojo Bridge in Kyoto, on a moonlight night and challenging all comers; a large white crane flying over his head

Benkei, the renowned henchman of Minamoto no Yoshitsune standing on Go...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Atsumori and Kumagai, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Atsumori and Kumagai, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Shokei Senzai (A thousand years of the pine affinity)

Shokei Senzai (A thousand years of the pine affinity)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Iro-naoshi (Unrobing the bride), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Iro-naoshi (Unrobing the bride), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Jap...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

In a room which is openat the back, showing a dwarf ume tree in bloom in a black box, a man stands looking down upon a woman on her knees before him, holding a letter in her outstretched right hand while with her left she seizes his garments and pushes him backward

In a room which is openat the back, showing a dwarf ume tree in bloom ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Young woman between net and lantern

Young woman between net and lantern

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An oiran followed by her child attendant raising the portiere to enter a room where a woman is seated playing upon a samisen.   Through a window at the back a glimpse is afforded of the dote or path leading to the Yoshiwara and a man being carried in a kago

An oiran followed by her child attendant raising the portiere to enter...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A man and two women at a tea house at Wada no Ura, overlooking the sea; the women seated upon wooden benches and the man adjusting the fastening of a straw sandal held in his hand

A man and two women at a tea house at Wada no Ura, overlooking the sea...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman seated upon the floor of a room, endeavoring to restrain her lover who stands upon the engawa just without, an overcoat across his arm, about to take his leave.  Silhouetted upon the shoji in the background are the shadows of a woman bearing a sake kettle and a man holding a cup

A young woman seated upon the floor of a room, endeavoring to restrain...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young girl making her toilet before a mirror and holding up another to get a view of the back wave of her hair, and behind her a youth reaches out from the behind the fusuma and tickles her foot with a stick.  Beside her is a black and white cat with a red ribbon around its neck

A young girl making her toilet before a mirror and holding up another ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women on the engawa of a house by the sea, looking out across the water.  On a point of land in the distance a fisherman's straw thatched cottage with bare surroundings

Two women on the engawa of a house by the sea, looking out across the ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Takano no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Takano no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hito, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hito, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hito, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hito, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

In a room in a house by a stream, in which iris are growing, a woman in transparent garments taking her young son to put him to bed beneath a mosquito net shown at the left

In a room in a house by a stream, in which iris are growing, a woman i...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women enjoying an early autumn evening

Two women enjoying an early autumn evening

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A girl, asleep before a hibachi, with a white cat curled up on her lap, and behind her a woman and a young girl have fastened a rope to her obi and are tying the other end to a post.  The comb has been taken from her back hair and fixed above her forehead. Shadows of musicians are silhouetted upon the shoji in the background

A girl, asleep before a hibachi, with a white cat curled up on her lap...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

O Fuji in her father's shop Moto Yanagiya (The house of a thousand willows) turning to look at a young man in a black zukin who is being led by a little kamuro to her mistress in the Yoshiwara and has stopped to ogle the daughter of Niheiji

O Fuji in her father's shop Moto Yanagiya (The house of a thousand wil...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two lovers, the man in black garments and the woman in white, with an obi of black and pink stripes, walking together under an umbrella in a snowstorm

Two lovers, the man in black garments and the woman in white, with an ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young man and young woman standing in snow and taking leave of each other outside a covered gate and fence of orange red color, beyond which appear bamboo branches heavily snow-laden

A young man and young woman standing in snow and taking leave of each ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

An oiran setting forth for a promenade accompanied by her two kamuro and a maid servant

An oiran setting forth for a promenade accompanied by her two kamuro a...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A girl and a young man playing battledore and shuttlecock on New Year's Day

A girl and a young man playing battledore and shuttlecock on New Year'...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A tall oiran standing in the snow, with a large knife in her hand, before a bench on which are three dwarf trees in pots.  In the background the walls of a house and a red fence of bamboo branches heavily snow laden

A tall oiran standing in the snow, with a large knife in her hand, bef...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Woman viewing print - Public domain  print

Woman viewing print - Public domain print

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An oiran in night attire standing by an andon and trimming the lamp with a hairpin.  Back of her is her bed with futon piled on it and a tobakobon and pipe beside it.  At the left a screen with a kimono thrown over it

An oiran in night attire standing by an andon and trimming the lamp wi...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women with wide straw hats, under a willow tree in an autumn gale. Wind-blown suzuki grass indicates the season of the year

Two women with wide straw hats, under a willow tree in an autumn gale....

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Kwao (King of flowers-Sakura (cherry))

Kwao (King of flowers-Sakura (cherry))

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Tsubaki (Camellia Japonica), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Tsubaki (Camellia Japonica), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hagi (Lespedeza or bush clover), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hagi (Lespedeza or bush clover), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Jap...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young man performing the purification ceremony of hand washing at the chozubachi at the entrance to a Shinto  temple.  The chozubachi is inscribed "Otakara maye" (The front of the honorable treasures)

A young man performing the purification ceremony of hand washing at th...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lovers at a well on New Year's Day

Lovers at a well on New Year's Day

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A man and his wife and daughter standing beneath a torii watching the flight of a bird and setting free another, with green plumage, which the woman holds in her hand.  By the torii a cage of similar birds and traps for ensnaring them

A man and his wife and daughter standing beneath a torii watching the ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young man disguised as a komuso, with a basket hat and clarionet secretly visiting tow girls whose heads appear behind a barred window

A young man disguised as a komuso, with a basket hat and clarionet sec...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A tall oiran in front of a joroya accompanied by her two kamuro

A tall oiran in front of a joroya accompanied by her two kamuro

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

O-sen, a waitress at the Kagiya teahouse at Kasamori temple, famed throughout Edo for her beauty, wiping a tea bowl and turning to greet a girl who is bringing her a spring flower in a small pot.  In the background the post of the torii of the Shinto temple and benches piled with utensils for serving tea

O-sen, a waitress at the Kagiya teahouse at Kasamori temple, famed thr...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman seated on a projecting crag by a waterfall, one arm bare to the shoulder outstretched so that her hand reaches the water, and the other hand raised to her ear.  With head averted from the cascade she is looking at some person below her.  Back of her a branch of the maple tree rises above the rock

A young woman seated on a projecting crag by a waterfall, one arm bare...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young boy fastening a strip of paper to one of the hairpins of his elder sister who has fallen asleep while cooking rice over a hibachi set upon a stand at the right.  Back of them a woman stands looking on

A young boy fastening a strip of paper to one of the hairpins of his e...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young man in black and two young women under a maple tree by a great waterfall which entirely fills the background.  The man is putting his arm over the shoulder of one of the women and is waving a fan

A young man in black and two young women under a maple tree by a great...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Sangi Takamura, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Sangi Takamura, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two women on the sea shore, one of them stooping to pick a blade of coarse grass growing at the water's edge.  In the background are fishermen's thatched huts upon  a point of land jutting out into the sea

Two women on the sea shore, one of them stooping to pick a blade of co...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman reading a love letter  while seated upon the back of a huge carp swimming over the waves

A young woman reading a love letter while seated upon the back of a h...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A woman standing in a room reading the superscription of a letter held in her hand, and beside her on the floor, another woman holding a samisen.  Back of them through the open shoji the water of a lake is seen, with a bird upon the shore and another flying down

A woman standing in a room reading the superscription of a letter held...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two salt-water carriers standing under a pine tree upon the shore

Two salt-water carriers standing under a pine tree upon the shore

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Kinuta Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Kinuta Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Chofu no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Chofu no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Chidori no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Chidori no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

An oiran standing by a clump of snow laden bamboo, watching her two kamuro make a large snow dog

An oiran standing by a clump of snow laden bamboo, watching her two ka...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A woman standing just within a house, leaning against the post at an angle next to the chozubachi and, while playing upon a tsuzumi looking down at a letter which another woman seated in the garden has thrown to her

A woman standing just within a house, leaning against the post at an a...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman kneeling upon the floor of a room, handing a pot with an egg-plant growing in it to a young man with a falcon upon his wrist about to set forth on a hawking expedition.  Through an open window Fuji san is seen across an arm of the sea

A young woman kneeling upon the floor of a room, handing a pot with an...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Ume (plum), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Ume (plum), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Chofu no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Chofu no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Chidori no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Chidori no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

An oiran, standing on the engawa of a joroya built about three sides of a garden, reading a letter , and her kamuro standing by her side holding a lacquer tray.  A lantern hands above the woman's head and in the upper left-hand corner a branch of a blossoming ume tree appears

An oiran, standing on the engawa of a joroya built about three sides o...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A mother and maid giving an infant boy his first lesson in walking on New Year's Day

A mother and maid giving an infant boy his first lesson in walking on ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Three boys at play in the snow near a fence over which bamboo branches project

Three boys at play in the snow near a fence over which bamboo branches...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a youth who stands bending forward toward her, on the road above.  Background of rice fields and a farmer's house

A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a y...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hinazuru, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hinazuru, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with picture in hand, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with picture in hand, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with sanshin, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with sanshin, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady tuning instrument, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady tuning instrument, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing card game (looking left)

Lady playing card game (looking left)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing card game (looking right)

Lady playing card game (looking right)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing shell game (looking left)

Lady playing shell game (looking left)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing shell game (looking right)

Lady playing shell game (looking right)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing stringed instrument, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady playing stringed instrument, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Ja...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady reading, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady reading, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with cloth, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with cloth, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with box, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with box, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with brazier, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with brazier, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with tea?, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady with tea?, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Hanamurasaki of the Manjiya, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Hanamurasaki of the Manjiya, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady arranging flowers, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady arranging flowers, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

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