Suzuki Harunobu

Suzuki Harunobu (铃木 春 信jap, * 1725, † July 7, 1770 ), active from 1760 until his death, is a grand master of the middle Ukiyo -e period. Many of his circa 1000 prints show gentle girl with slightly tilted heads and are therefore unique. Harunobu was involved in the development of multi-color prints, Nishike -e.

Harunobu is said to have of works by the Chinese painter of the Ming period ,仇 英(Chinese Qiu Ying, Japanese Kyū egg) oriented. He had no pupils, but imitators, such Shiba Kokan, the signed Harushige as Suzuki, until he squirmed to a different style.

Work

He is known for his many prints with hidden allusions. These include the

E- goyomi (絵 暦): Due to the lunar calendar, there were months with 29 days and 30 days [NB 1]. Harunobu not presented at the end of pretty prints forth, in which the long and short months could be found for the next year, but at first glance. Today, you can find out the distribution of long and short months, the year for which the sheet was intended.

In the illustrated e- goyomi the long and short months are hidden in the shell ornaments of the garment. The sheet was for the year Meiwa 2 ie. 1764 created.

Mitate -e (见 立 絵): Mitate is usually translated as parody or travesty. This refers to the representation of a scene by a known image from which it can be guessed.

The illustrated Mitate -e is standard Zashiki hakkei and represents the returning sail ( eg from the Eight Views of Lake Biwa ) using the washing hanging out to tenugui (cloths ) dar.

Woman with servant during drying of pasta

E- goyomi: A girl in love jumps from Kiyomizu-dera to meet her friend

Mitate -e: Returning Sails