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A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki kasen)

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man wearing a white kimono with black and gold trim and an orange sash stands on grass, holding a green hat. The man has black hair in a bun. He is standing on the right side of the image, turned to the right. He is wearing geta. The man is standing next to a dark-gray wall with a pink roof. There are several thin plants growing on the left. On the wall is a pink-trimmed window with three women looking out. Each woman has her hair in a bun and wears a kimono. The woman farthest on the left and the one in the center wear orange kimonos; the woman on the right wears a darker kimono. In the background on the right is a winding road. The top of the image contains Japanese writing in black. A bird flies in the top-right corner. More Japanese writing appears on the right side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1768
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
468 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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