The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese A young man with a sword tucked into his sash looks up at a young woman in the doorway as he gestures toward a bitter-orange (daidai) tree in the garden. The artist puns on a classical poem by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114–1204) that refers to opening the gates of the heavens (ama no to) by showing a young woman opening rain shutters (amado). The poem reads: Ama no to no akuru keshiki mo , shizuka nite kumoi yori kosoharu wa tachikere As the gat
The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese A young man with a sword tucked into his sash looks up at a young woman in the doorway as he gestures toward a bitter-orange (daidai) tree in the garden. The artist puns on a classical poem by Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114–1204) that refers to opening the gates of the heavens (ama no to) by showing a young woman opening rain shutters (amado). The poem reads: Ama no to no akuru keshiki mo , shizuka nite kumoi yori kosoharu wa tachikere As the gates ofheavens open, quietlya splendid scene appearsas spring arrives from the palace of the clouds.—Trans. John T. Carpenter. The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen) 45064
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