青楼美人合|Two Girls Play the Finger Game of Kitsume Ken
1725–1770
Medium
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
a Left sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm); b Right sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Accession Number
JP2770a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Suzuki Harunobu · 1725–1770
Suzuki Harunobu (c. 1725-1770) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who revolutionized woodblock printing by developing nishiki-e—full-color prints using multiple woodblocks—in 1765. Before Harunobu, Japanese prints were limited to two or three colors; his innovation unleashed the entire artist's palette, transforming ukiyo-e into the vibrant art form that would later captivate Western artists from Manet...