# Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese, 1725–1770

Harunobu was the first great master of the full-colour woodblock picture, or nishiki-e, which developed in Edo around 1765 out of privately commissioned calendar designs. Working mostly in the small chūban format, he favoured slender, youthful figures in intimate scenes, often with subtle allusions to classical poetry. In the few years before his death he produced hundreds of designs, and his delicate style shaped the work of a generation.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

14 works in the collection.

- [The Poetess Ono no Komachi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-poetess-ono-no-komachi-aic-20825), Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period (1615–1868), 1767/68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Giving a Light by the Garyubai Plum Tree](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/giving-a-light-by-the-garyubai-plum-tree-aic-20929), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Delaying the announcement of dawn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Dance of the Shrine Maidens Ohatsu and Onami](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dance-of-the-shrine-maidens-ohatsu-and-onami-aic-44399), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Searching for Fireflies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/searching-for-fireflies-aic-77297), Suzuki Harunobu, 1768. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Viewing the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/viewing-the-moon-aic-88997), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [A Spring Outing](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-spring-outing-aic-89052), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Young Woman Looking at a Pot of Pinks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/young-woman-looking-at-a-pot-of-pinks-cma-152481), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/night-rain-at-the-double-shelf-stand-from-the-series-eight-p-met-37145), Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Gossips](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-gossips-met-37268), Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lovers-walking-in-the-snow-crow-and-heron-met-45085), Suzuki Harunobu, 1764–72. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Girl on Balcony above Stone Stairway](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/girl-on-balcony-above-stone-stairway-met-55608), Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Two Girls on a Veranda beside a Stream with the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-girls-on-a-veranda-beside-a-stream-with-the-moon-met-55792), Suzuki Harunobu. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Girl Writing a Letter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-girl-writing-a-letter-met-55793), Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.