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Kaminari (Thunder)


Suzuki Harunobu, Kaminari (Thunder), 1766/1770, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; chūban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.81

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Title

Kaminari (Thunder)

Related Titles

original language: 雷

translated: Thunder

translated; descriptive: Woman holding her ears during a thunderstorm

transliterated: Kaminari

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725?–1770)

Date

1766/1770

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print with embossing on paper; chūban nishiki-e

State

fourth state

Catalogue Raisonné

Waterhouse 2013, 114

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 10 11/16 in x 8 1/4 in; sheet: 11 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.81

Copyright

public domain

Terms

chuban

Edo

embossing

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

Description

Many of the privately produced calendar prints designed by Harunobu were reissued later by commercial publishers. This is one such design, with the calendrical markings removed and changes made to the color blocks.

History
Exhibitions

2018 Suzuki Harunobu and the Culture of Color Portland Art Museum

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