すだれ貝, The Curtain Clam, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); W. 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), The young ladies are at the shore. One is getting out of a chair while the other ties a sash about her hips below her 'obi.' A subtle tone of carpe diem cleverly embedded in the poem deepens the provacative tinge of this charming scene, one of a series that plays on the theme of types of seashells
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すだれ貝, Curtain Clam, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 11 1/4, 28.6 cm, W, 8 9/16, 21.7, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, young, ladies, shore, getting out, chair, ties, sash, hips, obi, subtle tone, carpe diem, cleverly, embedded, poem deepens, provacative tinge, charming scene, series, plays, theme, types, seashells
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