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Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suzuki Harunobu, "Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree". The woman wears a green kimono with white flowers and a pink and white striped under-kimono. She faces right, her head turned up and left with closed eyes. The woman stands on her right leg and lifts her left leg behind her. Her left arm is raised and her right holds a large basket. Two rings lie on the ground to her right. A brick wall is behind her with a black tiled roof. Branches with white flowers extend from the top right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1768
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
459 × 624 px
Museum record:
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