{"product_id":"suzuki-harunobu-evening-bell-of-the-clock-giclee-print","title":"Suzuki Harunobu – The Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no banshō), c. 1766 | Giclée Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA girl leans on a young woman's shoulder while a lantern clock stands on its shelf. In the Chinese canon this view is \u003cem\u003eThe Evening Bell of a Distant Temple\u003c\/em\u003e; here the temple bell has become the striking of a domestic clock, heard in a quiet room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series turns the old landscape cycle into eight objects in a living room — a parody, a \u003cem\u003emitate\u003c\/em\u003e, which only works if you know the landscape it replaces. These are also among the first full-colour woodblock prints ever made, the \u003cem\u003enishiki-e\u003c\/em\u003e Harunobu forced through from 1765.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat this is.\u003c\/strong\u003e A giclée reproduction printed with pigment inks. It is not a woodblock print and is not sold as one — a woodblock print is pulled by hand from cut cherry blocks, and the good impressions are in museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOriginal: 28.5 × 21.7 cm \/ 11 1\/4 × 8 1\/2 in — chūban, Art Institute of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e30 × 40 cm \/ 11.8 × 15.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — Original size, 1:1\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e50 × 70 cm \/ 19.7 × 27.6 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — Enlarged, 1.7× original\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), \u003cem\u003eThe Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no banshō)\u003c\/em\u003e, from the series \u003cem\u003eEight Views of the Parlour (Zashiki hakkei)\u003c\/em\u003e, c. 1766; colour woodblock print, chūban, 28.5 × 21.7 cm.\u003cbr\u003eThe Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection, Acc. No. 1928.902.\u003cbr\u003ePublic domain; the museum publishes its digitisation under CC0.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiclée on 200 gsm FSC-certified fine art paper, twelve pigment inks. White border, optical centre. The paper tone of the original is kept, not corrected. Unframed. Shipped rolled in a tube.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museartis","offers":[{"title":"30 × 40 cm \/ 11.8 × 15.7 in — Original size, 1:1","offer_id":65972160561501,"sku":"bb9f9a86-8f75-4410-8ba5-23ea6fa83471","price":49.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 × 70 cm \/ 19.7 × 27.6 in — Enlarged, 1.7× original","offer_id":65972166787421,"sku":"9fe8ebf8-bed8-4f74-b49b-746bee47afde","price":89.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1102\/7139\/8237\/files\/museartis-harunobu-evening-bell-clock-plate.jpg?v=1789931367","url":"https:\/\/museartis.com\/products\/suzuki-harunobu-evening-bell-of-the-clock-giclee-print","provider":"Museartis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}