Waves on Moonlight, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), An 'oiran' stands in a house by the sea, trning to look thrugh the open 'shoji' at the rippling waves while the seated woman fans the fire in a hibachi to make a teakettle boil. Above is an ode by Minamoto Shitagō from Jūishū #171: Mizu no omo ni teru tsukinami o kazofureba koyoi zo aki no monaka narikeru
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Waves, Moonlight, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 11, 27.9 cm, W, 8, 20.3, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, oiran, stands, house, sea, trning, look thrugh, open, shoji, rippling waves, seated woman fans, fire, hibachi, teakettle boil, ode, Minamoto Shitagō, Jūishū #171, Mizu no, omo, ni, teru, tsukinami, o, kazofureba, koyoi, zo, aki, no, monaka, narikeru
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