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