A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters, Edo period (1615–1868), 1725–1770, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.3 x 21.6 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), A beautiful woman holding a broom looks back at baskets full of love letters borne by an ox. Harunobu's image alludes to the popular Chinese legend of Kanzan (Hanshan) and his companion Jittoku (Shede) from the Tang dynasty (618–907)
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Woman Sweeping up, Love Letters, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1725–1770, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 11 1/8 x 8 1/2, 28.3 21.6 cm, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, beautiful, woman, holding, broom looks, back, baskets full, love letters, borne, ox, Harunobu, image alludes, popular Chinese, legend, Kanzan, Hanshan, companion Jittoku, Shede, Tang dynasty, 618–907
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