Reluctant Leave-taking, Edo period (1615–1868), late 1760s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm); W. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), The application of one color over another increased the range of color and offered a means of creating subtle effects, such as transparency and shadowing. In this print of a young man departing from his lover, we see Harunobu's inventive employment of polychrome techniques in search of illusionary effects
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Reluctant Leave-taking, Edo period, 1615–1868, late 1760s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 7 11/16, 19.5 cm, W, 9 9/16, 24.3, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, application, another increased, range, offered, means, creating subtle, effects, transparency, shadowing, print, young man, departing, lover, see, inventive employment, polychrome techniques, search, illusionary effects
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