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Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Courtesan Fujinoto smoking by a heater (kotatsu) (Fujinoto)

Description

Maker

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 (Japanese, 1724-1770)
Endo Matsugoro 遠藤松五郎 (Japanese, 1700s), block carver

Title

Courtesan Fujinoto smoking by a heater (kotatsu) (Fujinoto)
From the Illustrated Book of Collected Beauties from the Licensed Quarter (Ehon seiro bijin awase)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1770

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 21.4 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] Haikai poem by Kasaya Saren, noted poet and friend of Harunobu, describing the courtesan

Signature: Harunobu ga

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1079

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 15: Green

RISD Museum’s Manual 15 Celebrates Green

New life is always shown to us through mokingpu, the color green-the light green stems of rabbitbrush, one of the few colors seen the winter; the tender green shoots of new corn that emerge in the spring against the backdrop of the dry brown earth. Green offers hope. Green represents life.

-Susan Sekaquaptewa

A welcome splash of color after a long winter, the RISD Museum’s fifteenth issue of Manual is awash in shades of green, celebrating the color's myriad associations with nature and growth, environmentalism and sustainable practices, newness and hope (as well as poison and currency) and delving into the histories of specific pigments and processes. Manual 15 opens with an introductory essay by Hopi grower Susan Sekaquaptewa, who details the soft hues of the flora of Northern Arizona. “You appreciate plants more when you develop a relationship with them,” she explains.

This issue of Manual is supported in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the RISD Museum Associates and Sotheby’s.

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Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 (Japanese, 1724-1770)
Endo Matsugoro 遠藤松五郎 (Japanese, 1700s), block carver
Courtesan Fujinoto smoking by a heater (kotatsu) (Fujinoto); From the Illustrated Book of Collected Beauties from the Licensed Quarter (Ehon seiro bijin awase), 1770
Polychrome wood block print
Sheet: 21.4 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1079

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