Woman and Small Boy, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 25 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (64.5 × 11.4 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1783–95), In this print the artist employs seasonal clues to suggest the summer setting. Mother and child are engaged in a leisure summertime activity, a luxury they can enjoy as members of the merchant class (chōnin)
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Woman, Small Boy, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 25 3/8, 4 1/2, 64.5, 11.4 cm, Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō, Japanese, active ca., 1783–95, print, artist employs seasonal, clues, suggest, summer setting, Mother, child, engaged, leisure summertime, activity, luxury, enjoy, members, merchant class, chōnin
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