Suzuki Harunobu Framed Woodblock Print “Meeting Her Lover”

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Suzuki Harunobu woodblock print titled “Meeting her Lover” (parody of the Yugao chapter of "Tale of Genji"), c. 1766. Produced … Read more Suzuki Harunobu woodblock print titled “Meeting her Lover” (parody of the Yugao chapter of "Tale of Genji"), c. 1766. Produced by Academy Arts and copyrighted 1977. Set in a bamboo inlaid chrome frame, the makers label visible in the back.

Suzuki Harunobu, a Japanese artist (1725 – 1770), was a designer of woodblock print art in the ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, and the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering the former modes of two- and three-color prints obsolete. 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.

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th to the 19th century. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.

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