At the Tsutsui Well, Chōbunsai Eishi, ca. 1781–1800

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At the Tsutsui Well, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1781–1800, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Triptych; Overall: 14 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), The two left panels of this triptych depict the love of a young man and woman who were next-door neighbors and playmates during their childhood. The artist Eishi quotes their love poems from The Tales of Ise along the top of the composition

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