Suzuki Harunobu
Pioneered full-color ukiyo-e prints
Suzuki Harunobu was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties. Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During his lifetime and shortly afterwards, many artists imitated his style. A few, such as Harushige, even boasted of their ability to forge the work of the great master. Much about Harunobu's life is unknown.
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- Torii Kiyonaga Student
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Artworks by this artist
- Two Courtesans on Terrace; One Reading, One Smoking 18th century
- Benkei and Heron on Bridge 18th century
- Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow 1767-68
- Courtesan Drinking Tea 1767
- Young Man Playing Football late 1760s
- Courtesan Playing Koto 1767
- The Priest Kukai by the Tama River at Mt. Koya late 1760s
- Woman (Bijin) Looking at the Moon’s Reflection, from the series Mu Tamagawa mid-1700s
- Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood c. 1770
- Love at the Brothel Gate late 1760s
- Old Sage Teaching a Moral 18th century