Moronobu's recurrent depictions of lovers in amorous poses allowed him to merge graphic and emotive qualities. Their physical and lyrical integration is heightened by the sinuous, animated lines and the play of the black and white patterning in the robes. As if to suggest the completeness of each sheet, the prolific book illustrator Moronobu framed the composition with a black-line border embellished with chrysanthemum-like ornaments at the upper corners.
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Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Rogers Fund, 1949
Object Number:JP3069
Signature: None
Louis V. Ledoux , New York (until d. 1948; sold to Koscherak); [ Roland Koscherak , New York, until 1949; sold to MMA]
Art Institute of Chicago. "Ukiyoe Prints and Paintings, The Primitive Period (1680–1745)," November 7, 1971–December 26, 1971.
New York. Japan Society Gallery. "Japanese Prints from the Ledoux Collection," September 1, 1973–November 25, 1973.
Katonah Museum of Art. "Ukiyo-e: Japanese Prints (1680–1850) from Various Collections," September 24, 1977–November 6, 1977.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Autumn and Winter," June 22–September 10, 2006.
New York. Asia Society. "Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680–1860," February 27, 2008–May 4, 2008.
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Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 99, fig. 16.
Addiss, Stephen. How to Look at Japanese Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, p. 94, cat. no. 49.
Addiss, Stephen, Gerald Groemer, and J. Thomas Rimer, eds. Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture: An Illustrated Sourcebook. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006, pp. 146–147, fig. 44.
Meech, Julia, and Jane Oliver, eds. Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680–1860. Exh. cat. Seattle: Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America in association with, 2008, pp. 39–40, 219, fig. 19.
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