萩, The Bush Clover (Hagi), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27.6 x 20 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Bush clover (hagi), a popular autumnal symbol, is associated with melancholy and unrequited love. A young woman plucks a branch from the purple-flowering bush. Her black kimono with a tie-dyed paulownia design and obi with a pattern of octagons and squares (shokkō) are covered with a peach-colored outer garment (katsugi)
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萩, Bush Clover, Hagi, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 7/8 x 7 7/8, 27.6 20 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, clover, hagi, popular autumnal, symbol, associated, melancholy, unrequited love, young woman, plucks, branch, purple-flowering bush, black kimono, tie-dyed paulownia, design, obi, pattern, octagons, squares, shokkō, covered, peach-colored outer, garment, katsugi
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