Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Harunobu image, the reverse showing two women and a child beside a wheel

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.5033
People: Designed by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Japanese (1725-1770)
Title: Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Harunobu image, the reverse showing two women and a child beside a wheel
Classification: Artists' Tools
Work Type: printing block
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/194132

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Carved cherry
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: H. 44.2 cm x W. 20.8 cm (17 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year: 1933
Object Number: 1933.4.5033
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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1933.4.5033: Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Harunobu image, the reverse showing two women and a child beside a wheel

Identification and Creation

Physical Descriptions

Acquisition and Rights

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