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The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen)

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting two women. The woman on the left sits on a bench wearing a striped kimono with a black top and a green bottom. She has black hair pulled up in a bun with a white and black decoration on top. The woman on the right stands behind the seated woman wearing a coral-colored kimono with a black and yellow obi. Her hair is also pulled up in a bun with a white decoration on top. Behind the standing woman, there is a small white and gold figure visible through an opening. The background features a yellow wall with a branch of blossoming flowers on the left and Japanese writing on the top and left side. The print has a color reference bar on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1768
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
550 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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