Suzuki Harunobu

Suzuki Harunobu is a central figure of the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition, celebrated for woodblock prints in ink and color on paper that portray elegant women, quiet domestic scenes, and figures from classical and popular culture. His refined, slender figures and delicate color define the style known as nishiki-e, or brocade pictures. This archive gathers 136 of his sheets, dominated by color woodblock prints alongside pillar prints, small-format yonkyokuban, and chuban compositions, with impressions dating up to 1865, beyond the artist's lifetime.

136 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Gentleman Taking Leave of His Lady on a Veranda

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Curtain Clam

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woman Dancer in Daimyo's Palace

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Art of Conversation

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Warming the Sake by Maple Leaf Fire

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Man Playing a Noh Drum

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Man and Two Women at a Teahouse at Wada no Ura Overlooking the Sea

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Girls on a Veranda beside a Stream with the Moon

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Girls Looking at a Monkey on a Leash

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Woman with a Pipe in Her Hand Gazing at Landscape Painted on a Screen

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Lady with Black Hood and Umbrella Out Walking with Young Attendant

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Woman Climbing Stone Stairs to a Shinto Temple

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Lady Looking through Door at Her Kamuro (Little Servant) who is Asleep on the Floor

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Asakusa Seiran

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Music Lesson (Woodblock print; ink and color on paper)

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Lady Komachi

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Birds and Narcissus

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province (Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho)

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Hagi no Tamagawa

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Window Opening Toward the Sea

· Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Girls Play the Finger Game of Kitsume Ken

1725–1770 · Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Two Young People

1725–1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Courtesan and Shinzō

1725–1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters

1725–1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Woman Riding a Carp

1760s · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

The Immortal Kume

1760s · Woodblock print (hashira-e); ink and color on paper

Picture Book of Gold Brocades (Ehon kokinran)

1763, January (Hōreki 13) · Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper

Viewing Iris in the Rain

1764–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with embossing (karazuri)

The Watchers and the Watched

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Ladies (1764–72)

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Parody of the Legend of Kyoyu and Sofu

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woman in Night Robe Reading a Letter

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Women in a Storm

1764–72 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Parody of Minamoto no Tametomo

1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi)

1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix

1766 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Onna San no Miya (the Third Princess)

1768–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

On the Veranda

1769 or 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Combing His Hair

1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Clinging Crab

1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Forty-eight Instructive Poems in Alphabetical Order (Ehon irohauta)

1788 · Three volumes; ink on paper

A Girl Writing a Letter

18th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming

18th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net

18th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Takasago Harbor

ca. 1760 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Cry of the Stag

ca. 1760 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woman Seated beside a Lamp

ca. 1762 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Young Man Standing before a Garden Fence

ca. 1763 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

View of Fukagawa, Edo

ca. 1764 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Shimizu Temple

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Benizuri-e; small print (hosoban)

The Courtesans, from the Series, "Seiro Bijin Awase Carver End Shigoro"

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Courtesan Kasugano Writing a Letter

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print (Yonkyokuban); ink and color on paper

The Courtesan Itsuhata with Her Pipe

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print (Yonkyokuban); ink and color on paper

Modern Representation of the Poetess Kaga no Chiyo

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Courtesans, from the series, "Seiro Bijin Awase Carver End Shigoro" (sic)

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

On the Engawa of Tsuta-ya

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Young Woman Seated upon the Engawa of a House

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Demon-crushing Bow

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woman Digging Bamboo Shoots in the Snow, or Parody of Meng Zong (Mōsō), from Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

ca. 1765–66 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A Young Man and Women in the Moor of Musashino; Parody of the Akuta River episode of the Tale of Ise (Ise monogatari)

ca. 1765–66 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hill, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)

ca. 1765–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Parting of Lovers: The Morning After (ca. 1765–70, Met-Objekt 4797)

ca. 1765–70 · Woodblock print; chuban yoko-e; ink and color on paper

Parting of Lovers: The Morning After (ca. 1765–70, Met-Objekt 4805)

ca. 1765–70 · Woodblock print; pillar print (hashira-e); ink and color on paper

The Returning Sails of the Towel Rack

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei) (ca. 1766)

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print (first edition); ink and colors on paper, medium-sized print (chuban)

Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with embossing (karazuri); ink and color on paper

Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten"

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Poem by Henjō Sojō

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Yozei no In

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Bush Clover (Hagi)

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Kite Flying

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Bijin Kinko

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Evening Chime of the Clock (Tokei no banshō), from the series 'Eight Parlor Views' (Zashiki hakkei)

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; chuban; ink and color on paper

The Clear-day Mountain Wind of the Fan

ca. 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Cloth-Fulling Jewel River, a Famous Place in Settsu Province (Tōi no Tamagawa, Settsu no meisho), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)

ca. 1766–67 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

The Gossips

ca. 1767 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

See Them Fly

ca. 1767 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu) (ca. 1767, Met-Objekt 4839)

ca. 1767 · Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper

Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu) (ca. 1767, Met-Objekt 4840)

ca. 1767 · Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

ca. 1767–68 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with embossing (karazuri)

Three Boys Making a Snowman

ca. 1767–68 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A Young Woman and Man Playing Shōgi (Japanese Chess); Chūnagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals (Sanjūrokkasen)

ca. 1767–69 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Girl as a Komuso

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Young Komuso

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Woman Climbing a Ladder

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen)

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen)

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Poem by Fujiwara no Motozane (ca. 860) from the Series Thirty-Six Poets

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper with embossing (karazuri)

Waves on Moonlight

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Young Man and Woman with a Shamisen; Monk Saigyō

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sympathy

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Koshikibu no Naishi (999–1025), from "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo

ca. 1768 · Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Girl on Balcony above Stone Stairway

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Young Ladies at the Shore

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa)

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa)

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse at Kasamori Shrine with a View of Nippori in Yanaka

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; chuban; ink and color on paper

Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Untitled

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Women Playing Kitsune-ken (Fox Game)

ca. 1768–69 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms (Sakura-gari)

ca. 1768–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Visiting

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; pillar print (hashira-e); ink and color on paper

An Oiran Seated upon a Bed, Writing a Letter

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

An Oiran Holding a Black Dog

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

First Leaf of the Shunga; The Delightful Love Adventures of Maneyemon

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Snow

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River

ca. 1769 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Drawing the First Water of the New Year

ca. 1769–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Woman Playing with a Monkey which Has Climbed a Tree

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauty under an Umbrella in the Snow

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper

The Man Outside

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Teenage Boy and Girl with a Viewer for an Optique Picture (Nozoki-karakuri); Kōbō Daishi’s Poem on the Jewel River of Kōya (Kōya no Tamagawa: Kōbō Daishi)

ca. 1788 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

First Day of Autumn (Risshu)

ca. 1865 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Seventh Month (Fumizuki)

ca. 1865 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei) (ca. late 18th century)

ca. late 18th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Young Women on a Verandah

ca.1766–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Reluctant Leave-taking

late 1760s · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Daruma in a Boat with an Attendant

late 1760s · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Evening Snow on the Heater

late 18th century · Woodblock print with embossing (karazuri), ink and color on paper

Ike Bana (Flower Arrangement) in the Ike-no-bo Style

probably 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Daikoku Dōagé

probably 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Tama River at Ide, Yamashiro Province

probably 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province, from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho)

probably 1766 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Marriage Ceremony

probably 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauty and Holiness

probably 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Young Purple

probably 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Shirai Gompachi

probably 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper