About this artwork
As she sits on a bench smoking, a young woman is shocked to see a vision of a courtesan appear in the smoke.
This work is also a calendar print for the year 1765; the long months appear in the curly-cue pattern on her robe. The print bears no signature, though it has been attributed to Harunobu, as have many unsigned egoyomi of the period.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
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Title
- Smoking on a Bench
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1765
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; chuban
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Dimensions
- 23.6 × 17.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1942.88
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/44209/manifest.json