Courtesan Flying on a Crane

Data

Courtesan Flying on a Crane
Print   (Part of the set: Suzuki Harunobu Famous Prints)

Suzuki Harunobu
Mainichi Newspaper
1980s

2019
00011-009
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00011-009

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This is a parody of a Chinese legend - a hermit riding a crane and reading a letter.

The karazuri - blind embossing technique - is beautifully applied on the lady’s sash and the feathers of the crane.

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