The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen), 鈴木春信画「風俗四季歌仙 立春」, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), A young man with a sword tucked into his sash looks up at a young woman in the doorway as he gestures toward a bitter-orange (daidai) tree in the garden. The artist puns on a classical poem by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114–1204) that refers to opening the gates of the heavens (ama no to) by showing a young woman opening rain shutters (amado
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First Day, Spring, Risshun, series, Fashionable Poetic Immortals, Four Seasons, Fūzoku shiki Kasen, 鈴木春信画「風俗四季歌仙 立春」, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 11 x 8 1/4, 27.9 21 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, young, man, sword tucked, sash looks, up, young woman, doorway, gestures, bitter-orange, daidai, tree, garden, artist puns, classical poem, Fujiwara no, Shunzei, 1114–1204, refers, opening, gates, heavens, ama showing, rain, shutters, amado
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