Harunobu is a crater on

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. It has a diameter of 107 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the

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in 1976. Harunobu is named for the Japanese artist

Suzuki Harunobu Suzuki Harunobu ( ja, 鈴木春信; ) was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art in the style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints () in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Haru ...

, who lived from 1720 or 1724 to 1770. Harunobu crater MESSENGER WAC IGF to RGB.jpg, Exaggerated color image of Harunobu and vicinity. Note the very dark material in the southwestern part of the crater. Harunobu crater MESSENGER NAC mosaic 2.jpg, Detail of Harunobu

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