Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

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Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night
Print   (Part of the set: Masterpiece Ukiyo-e Collection - Part 1)

Suzuki Harunobu
Takamizawa
1952

2019
00016-013
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00016-013

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

A young woman standing on a bridge gazes whimsically up at plum blossoms illuminated by lantern light. A pitch black background is uncommon in ukiyo-e, and really gives the impression of the girl, bridge, and blossoms being lit up by the lantern in this print.

Very light bokashi gradation can be seen at the edges of the woman's kimono, although this is probably simply used to mimic the fading visible in older prints from prolonged exposure to light. Karazuri blind-embossing has been used on the inner layers of the woman's kimono, tabi socks, and collar. The print is a chuban, an ukiyoe-e print that is about half the size of an oban print.

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