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Details
- Other Title
- Girl and a young man
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- late 1760s-1770
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.8 x 21.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed c.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Harunobu ga [picture by Harunobu]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1930
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 4350
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Suzuki Harunobu
Works in the collection
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About
Harunobu was one of the geniuses of 'ukiyo-e'. He is famous not only for the invention of the full-colour print, but also for the creation of images of sweet young beauties, as opposed to the sophisticates of the entertainment district.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.248.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Four Centuries of Ukiyo-e Prints, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 07 May 1997–27 Jul 1997
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Verlie Just, Four Centuries of Ukiyo-e Prints, Brisbane, 1997. cat. no. 7
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Floating World', Sydney, 2003, 248 (colour illus.).
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NARAZAKI, Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections: Vol V: British Museum II, Tokyo. colour plate 65
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Provenance
Samurai Shōkai, Yokohama/Kanagawa/Japan, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1930.
