Gentleman Taking Leave of His Lady on a Veranda, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Although a seemingly incidental element of the scene, the cock and hen that recapitulate the affection expressed in the human sphere signal a number of poetic sources, including one of the most touching episodes in the tenth-century 'Tales of Ise' (chapter 22)
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Gentleman Taking Leave, Lady, Veranda, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 11, 27.9 cm, W, 8 1/8, 20.6, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, seemingly incidental element, scene, cock, hen, recapitulate, affection expressed, human sphere, signal, number, poetic sources, touching episodes, tenth-century, Tales, Ise, chapter 22
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