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Searching for Fireflies
Suzuki Harunobu1768
- Attribution
- Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725-1770
- Medium
- Color woodblock print, chūban
- Physical dimensions
- 28.2 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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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.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0