Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: “Offering Incense to the Deity of the Stone” (Yōgōishi), from the series History of Kamakura (Kamakura shi)

A woman in a red kimono and a man in a green and beige kimono with a red patterned design. The woman sits on the floor to the left with her hands on the ground and her hair up, wearing a deep red kimono with gold trim. The man sits on a raised platform to the right with one leg bent under him and the other extended, wearing a green under kimono and a beige kimono with a red and black circular design; he has a red fluffy beard and hair and wears a headpiece with long red and white ribbons; smoke rises from an incense burner between them. Japanese characters are written in black ink on the left and top right; a small red seal is on the top right corner; a small white label with the number 2035 is at the bottom center; the background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date: early to mid-1810s
Medium: Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan
Dimensions: 562 × 624 px
Public Domain: Yes
Museum Record: View original

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