Forty-eight Instructive Poems in Alphabetical Order (Ehon irohauta) 絵本以呂波歌
1788
Medium
Three volumes; ink on paper
Dimensions
Each: 9 × 6 1/4 × 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 0.2 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JIB7a–c
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Suzuki Harunobu · 1725–1770
Suzuki Harunobu (c. 1725-1770) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who revolutionized woodblock printing by developing nishiki-e—full-color prints using multiple woodblocks—in 1765. Before Harunobu, Japanese prints were limited to two or three colors; his innovation unleashed the entire artist's palette, transforming ukiyo-e into the vibrant art form that would later captivate Western artists from Manet...