Searching for Fireflies
Suzuki Harunobu
1763–1770
- Medium
- Color woodblock print, chūban
- Dimensions
- 28.2 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
In this print, the complete absence of shadows or shading is a sign that the artist had not yet captured or become interested in the nuances of realistically presenting scenes set at specific times of day or night. The standing girl holds a lantern while the other one kneels by a cage for the fireflies.
