# A Girl Writing a Letter, in The Floating World

Suzuki Harunobu designed this in 18th century, aged about 39. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1628
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Suzuki Harunobu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/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.

14 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Suzuki Harunobu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/suzuki-harunobu?hang=749) (14 works)
- [More prints of the 18th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18?hang=749) (129 works)
- [18th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-japan?hang=749) (92 works)

## Get it

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