鈴木春信画 虚無僧・「風俗四季歌仙 卯月」, A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Komusō were itinerant Zen Buddhist monks of the Fuke sect who traveled the countryside, covering their heads with oversize basketlike hats and playing bamboo flutes (shakuhachi). Here the young monk has caught the attention of young women, who ogle him from indoors
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鈴木春信画 虚無僧・「風俗四季歌仙 卯月」, Flute-Playing Monk, Komusō, Fourth Month, Uzuki, series Fashionable Poetic Immortals, Four Seasons, Fūzoku shiki kasen, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 11, 27.9 cm, W, 8 3/16, 20.8, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, itinerant Zen Buddhist, monks, Fuke sect, traveled, countryside, covering, heads, oversize basketlike, hats, playing bamboo, flutes, shakuhachi, young monk, caught, attention women, ogle, indoors
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