

A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) 春色閨の栞
The image shows an open book with a woman in a red kimono on the left page and cherry blossoms on the right. The left page has a circular portrait of a woman in a red kimono with a white collar and a black hairpiece. The woman's hair is black and pulled back. She is surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and a blue rectangle with black Japanese characters. The right page has a drawing of a branch of cherry blossoms in gold ink. The background of the pages is beige, and there are Japanese characters written in black ink on both pages. The book is open to a double-page spread. The pages are yellowed with age. The background behind the book is white.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Medium
- Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 400 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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