Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Date: 1700
Museum: Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, United States)
Technique: Print
While often considered the father of the polychrome print, or nishiki-e, Harunobu was also a master of the “pillar print” format, or hashira-e, which was a tall narrow print designed to decorate pillars in Japanese homes. The pillar prints commonly depicted children and their mothers engaging in an array of tasks. In this print, Harunobu depicts an actor holding a falcon with his left hand and a staff in his right hand. The simplicity of the pillar print backdrop centers the print’s focus on the actor and the bird. The robes are also simple in design, with standard stripes, which draw further attention to the ornate feathers of the bird.
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