Suzuki Harunobu was a Japanese artist who lived in the 18th century and produced about seven hundred works in multicolor printing, called Nishikie. His art was based on the paintings of the Chinese painter Qiu Ying
who had lived in the Ming Dynasty. Little is known about the life of Suzuki Harunobu. It is not clear whether he was born in Edo, today's Tokyo or Kyoto. Some art historians assume that he came from a samurai family and was very educated. Harunobu is considered to be a grandmaster of the middle Ukiyoe period and founder of Japanese colour printing. From today's perspective, he was the first artist to popularize multicolor printing. Initially, the painter worked mainly with the colors green and red. Later he used several colors for his prints. Harunobu lived and worked most of the time in Edo.
Typical for Suzuki Harunobu's representations were graceful female figures with inclined heads. Harunobus painting style was fine and expressive. The painter himself had no pupils of his own. However, imitators of his style are known. Harunobu used hidden allusions in his visual language. Thus he created picture calendars, called Egoyomi, which were very popular in his time. The picture calendars were given away among themselves. There was a competition to see who got the best picture calendar. This increased the demand for pictures of Suzuki Harunobu. The painter quickly became known to a wide range of buyers due to his multi-coloured wood prints. The works are still popular with collectors today.
Among the works of the painter were also parodies of well-known literary scenes, called mitates. Harunobu's main themes were everyday scenes and depictions of beautiful young girls, courtesans and their lovers. All figures appear young and fragile. The artist painted them in idealized form. The mood of the pictures is romantic and often a little melancholic. It is unusual that Harunobu was the first Japanese artist to show scenes of single figures and couples in the snow and at night. His complete works include drawings, paintings and woodblock prints. The painter created prints with erotic representations, called shunga (spring pictures) and illustrated many books. Harunobu died at the age of only 45 years.
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.jpg "Crow and Heron, or Young Lovers Walking Together under an Umbrella in a Snowstorm, c1769 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_(colour_woodblock_print)_-_(MeisterDrucke-945698).jpg "Plum Blossoms on a Dark Night by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "A Summer Scene on a Raised Embankment of a Young Man Cutting an Aubergine to Give to His Young Lady Companion by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Caught in the Act by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640559).jpg "Young Woman with a Lantern, 1765-70 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Lovers Plying a Rooster with Sake by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Two Lovers Shunga - Erotic Woodblock Print by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Fashionabl_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300311).jpg "Clearing Weather at Asakusa, from the series \"Eight Fashionable Views of Edo\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Parodies_of_Eight_Scenes_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294004).jpg "Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series \"Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Six_Jewel_Rivers_in_Popu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289712).jpg "The Koya Jewel River, from the series \"Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276052).jpg "Poem by Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series \"Six Famous Poets\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "An Oiran Seated upon a Bed, Writing a Letter by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Mitate of Meng Zong, One of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1644865).jpg "Maneemon 12, Edo Period, c.1770 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Omi_(Omi_ha_-_(MeisterDrucke-1614805).jpg "Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series \"Eight Views of Omi\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Tamonten, from the series \"The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298868).jpg "The Evening Glow of a Lamp, from the series \"Eight Views of the Parlor\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "The Jewel River at Ide, from the series The Six Jewel Rivers by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net, 18th century by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "April, from Series of \"Social Customs...\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Five_Cardinal_Virtues_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286185).jpg "Righteousness (Gi), from the series Five Cardinal Virtues by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the Series Eight Parlor Views by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki, from an Untitled Series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Popular_Versions_of_Immortal_Poets_in_F_-_(MeisterDrucke-1279581).jpg "The Fourth Month, from the series")
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.jpg "The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Umegae in the Play")
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.jpg "Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of")
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.jpg "Young Girl Crossing a Bridge After Snow: Calendar Year of the Second Year of Meiwa by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_The_Fourth_Month_(Uzuki)_from_the_series_Popular_Versions_of_Immorta_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299810).jpg "The Fourth Month, from the series \"Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_the_sixth_sheet_of_the_series_Marriage_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273603).jpg "A Cup of Sake before Bed (Toko sakazuki), the Sixth Sheet of the Series \"Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Evening Glow of the Lantern, after 1766 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Parodies_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300858).jpg "Tree Peony: Chozan of Chojiya, from the series \"Parodies of Floating-world Beauties as Flowers\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of")
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.jpg "Hotei, from the series")
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_from_the_series_The_Seven_Fashionable_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288340).jpg "Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain, from the series")
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_the_first_sheet_from_the_series_Marriage_in_Brocade_Prin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286142).jpg "The Introduction, the first sheet from the series \"Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Poem by Henjo Sojo, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Double-Flowered Cherry: Motoura of the Minami Yamasakiya by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "A Girl Writing a Letter, 18th century by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_the_Pa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1280253).jpg "Night Rain of the Tea Stand, from the series \"Eight Views of the Parlor\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_the_Pa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277269).jpg "Clearing Breeze from a Fan, from the series \"Eight Views of the Parlor\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-245389).jpg "Night Rain on the Tea Stand, after 1766 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Six_Jewel_Riv_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298580).jpg "The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the Series")
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_from_the_series_Six_Jewel_Rivers_in_Pop_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297185).jpg "The Jewel River at Ide, from the series")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Writing from a Book from a Collection of Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Ebisu, from the series")
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_from_an_untitled_series_of_Six_-_(MeisterDrucke-1282038).jpg "The Jewel River of Plovers, from an Untitled Series of Six Jewel Rivers by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hill, from the Series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Ise, from an untitled series of Thirty-six Immortal Poets by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Daikokuten, from the series")
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.jpg "Mitate of a Scene from the Kabuki Play Women")
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_the_third_sh_-_(MeisterDrucke-1616224).jpg "The Bride Riding in the Palanquin to Her Husband")
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.jpg "Parody of Kawachi-goe from")
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.jpg "Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki, from an Untitled Series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Young Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms as a Mitate of Lady Nakanokimi by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Hotei, from the Series")
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.jpg "A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Jurojin, from the series")
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.jpg "Woman in an Asazuma Boat in the Guise of Shirabyoshi, c. 1767 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Popular_Versions_of_Immortal_Poets_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299020).jpg "The Third Month, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291771).jpg "Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper, from the series \"Eight Views of the Parlor\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297733).jpg "The Evening Bell of the Clock, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1301101).jpg "Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko) by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Beauty Teasing a Young Man Fishing, c.1768 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Lovers by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Six_Jewel_Riv_-_(MeisterDrucke-1294716).jpg "The Jewel River of Bush Clovers, from the series \"Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_an_untitled_series_of_Six_Jewe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272226).jpg "The Jewel River at Chofu, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_V_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302619).jpg "Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges, from the series \"Eight Views of the Parlor\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of \"Picture Book of Spring Brocades\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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Elegante_gedichten_over_de_vier_seizoene_-_(MeisterDrucke-1369139).jpg "The Second Month (Elegant Poems on the Four Seasons) by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_the_Par_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275682).jpg "Evening Glow of a Lamp, from the series")
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.jpg "Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of \"Picture Book of Spring Brocades\" by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Parody of Sun Kang, Also Known as Snow by the Window by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Omi_(Omi_hakke_-_(MeisterDrucke-1284323).jpg "Sunset Glow at Seta, from the series")
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.jpg "Lovers Walking in the Snow Crow and Heron by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Beauty and a White Dog at a Shrine by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eight_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300546).jpg "Returning Sails of the Towel Rack, from the series")
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.jpg "A Poem on the Autumn Moon by Kisen Hoshi, Illustrated with Two Girls on a Veranda Overlooking a Landscape by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Girls Playing the Game of Ken by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Tachibanaya Hikoso in the play")
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.jpg "The Bijin Kinko by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Young Woman Admiring a Snow Rabbit by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "Clearing Breeze from a Fan, after 1766 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_from_the_series_Eig_-_(MeisterDrucke-1270554).jpg "Geese Descending on the Sumida River, from the series")
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.jpg "Takasago Harbor, ca. 1760 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-639822).jpg "Seated Beauty by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "A Flower Vendor by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "The Ide Jewel River, a Famous Place in Yamashiro Province by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "The Returning Sails of the Towel Rack, ca. 1766 by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "A Girl Dressing in Pink by Suzuki Harunobu")
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.jpg "A Teenage Boy and Girl with a Viewer for an Optique Picture Nozoki-karakuri, Kobo Daishi by Suzuki Harunobu")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287108).jpg "Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro) by Suzuki Harunobu")
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