Catching Fireflies

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Catching Fireflies

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信LinkedCulture matchlcp-c266ffe5d240

Date
About 1767
Medium
Color woodblock print; chūban
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
20977

Suzuki Harunobu made this print depicting two people catching fireflies during the early years of full-color printing. Here the night appears as a flat black, and the fireflies have no glow. Instead of atmospheric effects, the image focuses on the complicated and elegant design of the colorful clothing worn by the young man and woman.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection
Provenance
Yamanaka & Company; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, Feb. 10, 1912; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

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AAT300041273

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