Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Creator Name

Suzuki Harunobu

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

Creation: 18th century, Edo period

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Creator

Suzuki Harunobu (link to bio), Printmaker

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Japanese, 1725–1770, Artist

Worktype

Relief print

Prints

Cultural Context

Japanese

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with embossing (karazuri); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Image: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm);
height: 32.385063centimetre;
width: 20.955042centimetre

Technique

Woodblock printing; Nishiki-e

Language

Date

Creation: 18th century, Edo period

ca. 1766

Provenance

Fletcher Fund, 1929

Style Period

Ukiyo-e

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Creation: Japan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: People, Woman, Asian people, Japanese people, Kimono, Nihongami, Tree, Japanese plum tree

Women; Flowers; Night; Lanterns

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler

Related Content

Part of: The Night Otherwise: Nocturnal Space in Japanese Edo Prints and Rājput Court Paintings

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Suzuki Harunobu, Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night, circa 1766. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hanami, the Japanese custom of contemplating the beauty of flowers, is on display in this nishiki-e print. Public Domain.

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