Searching for Fireflies

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Arts of Asia

1768

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
Japanese, 1725-1770

In this print, the complete absence of shadows or shading is a sign that the artist had not yet captured or become interested in the nuances of realistically presenting scenes set at specific times of day or night. The standing girl holds a lantern while the other one kneels by a cage for the fireflies.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Title: Searching for Fireflies
Place: Japan (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1763–1770
Medium: Color woodblock print, chūban
Dimensions: 28.2 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1952.327
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Frederick Standish Colburn (1878–1957), Evanston, IL; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.From a group of 120 prints in the Frederick S. Colburn collection donated (?) to the AIC in 1952.

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