The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen), 鈴木春信画「

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The First Day of Spring (Risshun), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Seasons (Fūzoku shiki Kasen), 鈴木春信画「風俗四季歌仙　立春」, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 11 x 8 1/4 in. ( x 21 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), 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

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