Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print with embossing (karazuri); ink and color on paper, Image: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), In this print, one of Harunobu's most poetic images, a nymphlike beauty dressed in an elegant kimono stands holding a lantern and gazing dreamily at the plum blossoms. The image of admiring plum blossoms at night is a classical theme in the East Asian poetic tradition, and Harunobu's lyrical rendition has much in common with the art of the Heian period (794–1185)
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Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms, Night, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, embossing, karazuri, ink, color, paper, Image, 12 3/4 x 8 1/4, 32.4 21 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, print, Harunobu, poetic images, nymphlike beauty dressed, elegant kimono, stands, holding, lantern, gazing dreamily, plum blossoms, image, admiring plum, blossoms, night, classical theme, East Asian, poetic, tradition, lyrical rendition, common, art, Heian, 794–1185
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