Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Harunobu's courtesan—most likely dreaming of the moment when she leaves her childhood home to begin a happy marriage—will shortly waken to be confronted once again with the reality surrounding her. To distinguish the corporeal from the noncorporeal, Harunobu renders the characters inside the dream bubble in gray and leaves the rest of the background unprinted
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Parody, Tale, Young Man Lu, Courtesan Dreaming, Edo period, 1615–1868, 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 10 7/8, 27.6 cm, W, 8 1/8, 20.6, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, Harunobu, courtesan—, dreaming, moment, leaves, childhood home, begin, happy marriage—will shortly, waken, confronted, again, reality surrounding, distinguish, corporeal, noncorporeal, Harunobu renders, characters inside, dream bubble, gray, rest, background unprinted
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