The Marriage Ceremony, Edo period (1615–1868), probably 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), From a narrative series of seven sheets describing the traditional Japanese marriage, this print shows the ironaoshi ceremony in which the bride is helped by attendants to change from her white silk wedding robes into ordinary clothes, which we see hanging on a rack
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Marriage Ceremony, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 8 1/8, 20.6 cm, W, 11 1/4, 28.6, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, narrative series, seven sheets describing, traditional Japanese, marriage, print, ironaoshi ceremony, bride, helped, attendants, change, white silk, wedding, robes, ordinary clothes, see hanging, rack
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