Woman Boarding a Boat, c. 1767, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, 11 × 8 3/8 in. (28 × cm) (image, sheet, vertical chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, In 1765, Suzuki Harunobu designed the first full color prints, called nishiki-e or 'brocade prints.' In addition to carving the image in relief on the woodblocks, artisans also carved raised areas, called kento_, along the edge of the blocks

---

Size: 2780px × 3660px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1725, 1765, 1767, 1770, 18th, addition, areas, artisans, blocks, boarding, boat, brocade, carved, carving, century, chūban, color, designed, edge, full, harunobu, image, ink, japan, japanese, kento_, nishiki-, paper, print, prints, raised, relief, sheet, suzuki, vertical, woman, woodblock, woodblocks