Onna San no Miya (the Third Princess), Edo period (1615–1868), 1768–70, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 5/16 x 7 9/1 6in. (26.2 x 19.2 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), For Harunobu's sophisticated patrons, this deceptively calm scene of a palace beauty on a spring day invoked one of classic literature's most stirring tragedies. The young woman in aristocratic garb with her lively cat appears frequently in ukiyo-e and recalls a pivotal incident in the early-eleventh-century romance of Genji, the 'shining prince' who personified the Heian court's ideal of aesthetic sensitivity and discernment in the conduct of personal and public life
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Onna San no Miya, Third Princess, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1768–70, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 5/16 x 7 9/1 6in, 26.2 19.2 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, Harunobu, sophisticated patrons, deceptively calm, scene, palace beauty, spring day, invoked, classic literature, stirring tragedies, young woman, aristocratic garb, lively cat, frequently, ukiyo-e, recalls, pivotal incident, early-eleventh-century romance, Genji, shining prince, personified, Heian court, ideal, aesthetic sensitivity, discernment, conduct, personal, public life
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