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Suzuki Harunobu

ca. 1768 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

An "oiran" stands in a house by the sea, trning to look thrugh the open "shoji" at the rippling waves while the seated woman fans the fire in a hibachi to make a teakettle boil. Above is an ode by Minamoto Shitagō from Jūishū #171: Mizu no omo ni teru tsukinami o kazofureba koyoi zo aki no monaka narikeru. When we count the moons on the waves We know that it is mid-autumn.

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Date

ca. 1768

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914