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Suzuki Harunobu

By the Stream

c. 1765
Color woodblock print; right sheet of chuban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2031)
28.1 × 21 cm (11.1 × 8.3 in)

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Two women in light, semi-transparent, summer kimono are relaxing by a stream. One has slipped her foot out of her wooden clogs and rests on a bench with her fan close at hand. The other ties her sash ( obi ), and has placed a brazier, pipe, and tobacco pouch on the bench.

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