Harunobu's Bathtub
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The eighteenth-century master Suzuki Harunobu was known for his graceful young couples and intimate domestic scenes, and his depiction of a bathtub scene is among the most charming in ukiyo-e. Binnie's print reimagines this subject in the blue-printed (aizuri-e) style associated with his "Hundred Shades of Ink" series — a composition that quotes Harunobu while translating him into Binnie's own contemporary vocabulary. The bathtub becomes a vehicle for a cross-century conversation between two printmakers.
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