Catalog record · 目録番号 67363
Lovers reading a letter
Catalog note / 解説
<b>Object Type</b><br>Woodblock prints such as this were produced in large numbers in 18th- and19th-century Japan. They were created by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers.This print was published in the 1760s when the techniques of full-colour printing were being perfected. Prints such as this are sometimes called <i>ukiyo-e</i>, which means 'pictures of the floating world'.This world was one of transient delights and changing fashions centred on the licensed pleasure districts and popular theatres found in the major cities of Japan.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>Suzuki Harunobu, the artist of this print, was well know…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · ca. 1768 · vam
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